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Nvidia Part I: The GPU Company (1993-2006)

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How to Emulate a Graphics Chip in Software

The process of finalizing the design takes two years. The company uses software to emulate the graphic chip that they were designing, all in software. When you play a game, andr looking at your computer monitor or whatever, it's refreshing 30 to 60 times a second. This emulator runs at one frame every 30 seconds. So they're going to have to debug this thing in software to save this time.

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