Electronic Engineering Applications
Computer Games
From the 8 bit consoles of 20 years ago to today's third generation monsters, the performance increase is clearly evident.
By designing the CPUs (Central Processing Unit), graphics cards and overall system architectures electronic engineers have
been integral to this improvement.
Computer Games Spotlight
A video card (graphics accelerator card) is an item of hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. It contains a dedicated graphics microprocessor lighten the working load on the CPU.
The video card must perform billions of calculations per second to display high definition graphics.
Computer Games Links
- Graphics Card: How graphics cards work
- Physics engines: Video explanation
- Game programming: Beginners information