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Accelerated Graphics Port

Index Accelerated Graphics Port

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) is a parallel expansion card standard, designed for attaching a video card to a computer system to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. [1]

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  1. 84 relations: Advanced Graphics Riser, AGP Inline Memory Module, ALi Corporation, Ampere, Aperture (computer memory), Apollo VP3, Apple Display Connector, Apple Inc., ATI Rage, Backward compatibility, Biostar, Bus (computing), Communications and networking riser, Computer, Computer-aided design, Consistency model, Data structure alignment, DirectX, Duplex (telecommunications), Electric current, Elitegroup Computer Systems, EPoX, Expansion card, Firmware, First International Computer, Forward compatibility, GeForce 6 series, GeForce 7 series, GeForce FX series, Graphics address remapping table, Graphics card, Hertz, Intel, Intel740, JTAG, Linux, List of Intel chipsets, List of interface bit rates, Matrox, Megabyte, Memory barrier, Micro-Star International, NOP (code), Nvidia, Open collector, P6 (microarchitecture), Parallel communication, PCI Express, Pentium, Pentium (original), ... Expand index (34 more) »

  2. Intel graphics
  3. Macintosh internals
  4. Motherboard expansion slot
  5. Peripheral Component Interconnect

Advanced Graphics Riser

The Advanced Graphics Riser is a variation of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) used in some PCIe motherboards made by MSI to offer a limited backwards compatibility with AGP. Accelerated Graphics Port and Advanced Graphics Riser are motherboard expansion slot.

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AGP Inline Memory Module

AGP Inline Memory Module (AIMM) also known as Graphics Performance Accelerator (GPA) is an expansion card that fits in the AGP slot of PC motherboards based on Intel 815 chipsets with onboard graphics, like the ASUS CUSL-2 with an AGP Pro slot and Abit SH6 with an AGP Universal slot.

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ALi Corporation

ALi Corporation (also known as Acer Laboratories Incorporated or Acer Labs Inc., and commonly known as ALi) is a major designer and manufacturer of embedded systems integrated circuits, and a former manufacturer of personal computer integrated circuits.

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Ampere

The ampere (symbol: A), often shortened to amp,SI supports only the use of symbols and deprecates the use of abbreviations for units.

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Aperture (computer memory)

In computing, an aperture is a portion of physical address space (i.e. physical memory) that is associated with a particular peripheral device or a memory unit.

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Apollo VP3

Apollo VP3 (alias ETEQ 6628) is a x86 based Socket 7 chipset which was manufactured by VIA Technologieshttp://ftp.build.bg/Drivers/Via/vp3/597.pdf and was launched in 1997. Accelerated Graphics Port and Apollo VP3 are IBM PC compatibles.

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Apple Display Connector

The Apple Display Connector (ADC) is a display and data connector developed by Apple, Inc. as a proprietary modification of the DVI connector.

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Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley.

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ATI Rage

The ATI Rage (stylized as RAGE or rage) is a series of graphics chipsets developed by ATI Technologies offering graphical user interface (GUI) 2D acceleration, video acceleration, and 3D acceleration developed by ATI Technologies.

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Backward compatibility

In telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility (or backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system.

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Biostar

Biostar Microtech International Corp. is a Taiwanese company which designs and manufactures computer hardware products such as motherboards, video cards, expansion cards, thermal grease, headphones, home theater PCs, remote controls, desktops, barebone computers, system-on-chip solutions and industrial PCs.

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Bus (computing)

In computer architecture, a bus (historically also called data highway or databus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.

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Communications and networking riser

Communications and networking riser (CNR) is a slot found on certain personal computer motherboards and used for specialized networking, audio, or telephony equipment. Accelerated Graphics Port and Communications and networking riser are motherboard expansion slot.

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Computer

A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).

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Computer-aided design

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.

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Consistency model

In computer science, a consistency model specifies a contract between the programmer and a system, wherein the system guarantees that if the programmer follows the rules for operations on memory, memory will be consistent and the results of reading, writing, or updating memory will be predictable.

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Data structure alignment

Data structure alignment is the way data is arranged and accessed in computer memory.

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DirectX

Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms.

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Duplex (telecommunications)

A duplex communication system is a point-to-point system composed of two or more connected parties or devices that can communicate with one another in both directions.

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Electric current

An electric current is a flow of charged particles, such as electrons or ions, moving through an electrical conductor or space.

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Elitegroup Computer Systems

Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd. (ECS; s) is a Taiwan-based electronics firm.

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EPoX

EPoX was a manufacturer of motherboards, video cards and communication products.

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Expansion card

In computing, an expansion card (also called an expansion board, adapter card, peripheral card or accessory card) is a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an electrical connector, or expansion slot (also referred to as a bus slot) on a computer's motherboard (see also backplane) to add functionality to a computer system. Accelerated Graphics Port and expansion card are motherboard expansion slot.

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Firmware

In computing, firmware is software that provides low-level control of computing device hardware.

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First International Computer

First International Computer, Inc. (FIC) is a Taiwanese original equipment manufacturer and system integrator for automotive electronics and smart building controls.

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Forward compatibility

Forward compatibility or upward compatibility is a design characteristic that allows a system to accept input intended for a later version of itself.

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GeForce 6 series

The GeForce 6 series (codename NV40) is the sixth generation of Nvidia's GeForce line of graphics processing units.

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GeForce 7 series

The GeForce 7 series is the seventh generation of Nvidia's GeForce line of graphics processing units.

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GeForce FX series

The GeForce FX or "GeForce 5" series (codenamed NV30) is a line of graphics processing units from the manufacturer Nvidia.

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Graphics address remapping table

The graphics address remapping table (GART), also known as the graphics aperture remapping table, or graphics translation table (GTT), is an I/O memory management unit (IOMMU) used by Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) and PCI Express (PCIe) graphics cards.

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Graphics card

A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics accelerator, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor.

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.

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Intel

Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.

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Intel740

The Intel740, or i740 (codenamed Auburn), is a 350 nm graphics processing unit using an AGP interface released by Intel on February 12, 1998. Accelerated Graphics Port and Intel740 are intel graphics.

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JTAG

JTAG (named after the Joint Test Action Group which codified it) is an industry standard for verifying designs of and testing printed circuit boards after manufacture.

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Linux

Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

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List of Intel chipsets

This article provides a list of motherboard chipsets made by Intel, divided into three main categories: those that use the PCI bus for interconnection (the 4xx series), those that connect using specialized "hub links" (the 8xx series), and those that connect using PCI Express (the 9xx series).

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List of interface bit rates

This is a list of interface bit rates, is a measure of information transfer rates, or digital bandwidth capacity, at which digital interfaces in a computer or network can communicate over various kinds of buses and channels.

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Matrox

Matrox Graphics, Inc. is a producer of video card components and equipment for personal computers and workstations.

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Megabyte

The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.

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Memory barrier

In computing, a memory barrier, also known as a membar, memory fence or fence instruction, is a type of barrier instruction that causes a central processing unit (CPU) or compiler to enforce an ordering constraint on memory operations issued before and after the barrier instruction.

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Micro-Star International

Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. (commonly known as MSI) is a Taiwanese multinational information technology corporation headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

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NOP (code)

In computer science, a NOP, no-op, or NOOP (pronounced "no op"; short for no operation) is a machine language instruction and its assembly language mnemonic, programming language statement, or computer protocol command that does nothing.

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Nvidia

Nvidia Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.

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Open collector

Open collector, open drain, open emitter, and open source refer to integrated circuit (IC) output pin configurations that process the IC's internal function through a transistor with an exposed terminal that is internally unconnected (i.e. "open").

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P6 (microarchitecture)

The P6 microarchitecture is the sixth-generation Intel x86 microarchitecture, implemented by the Pentium Pro microprocessor that was introduced in November 1995.

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Parallel communication

In data transmission, parallel communication is a method of conveying multiple binary digits (bits) simultaneously using multiple conductors.

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PCI Express

PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards. Accelerated Graphics Port and PCI Express are motherboard expansion slot and peripheral Component Interconnect.

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Pentium

Pentium is a discontinued series of x86 architecture-compatible microprocessors produced by Intel.

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Pentium (original)

The Pentium (also referred to as the i586) is a x86 microprocessor introduced by Intel on March 22, 1993.

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Pentium II

The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture ("P6") and x86-compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997.

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Peripheral Component Interconnect

Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer and is part of the PCI Local Bus standard. Accelerated Graphics Port and Peripheral Component Interconnect are IBM PC compatibles, Macintosh internals and motherboard expansion slot.

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Point-to-point (telecommunications)

In telecommunications, a point-to-point connection refers to a communications connection between two communication endpoints or nodes.

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Power Macintosh

The Power Macintosh, later Power Mac, is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc as the core of the Macintosh brand from March 1994 until August 2006.

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Processor design

Processor design is a subfield of computer science and computer engineering (fabrication) that deals with creating a processor, a key component of computer hardware.

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Radeon HD 2000 series

The graphics processing unit (GPU) codenamed Radeon R600 is the foundation of the Radeon HD 2000 series and the FireGL 2007 series video cards developed by ATI Technologies.

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Radeon HD 4000 series

The Radeon R700 is the engineering codename for a graphics processing unit series developed by Advanced Micro Devices under the ATI brand name.

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Radeon R300 series

The R300 GPU, introduced in August 2002 and developed by ATI Technologies, is its third generation of GPU used in Radeon graphics cards.

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Radeon R400 series

The R420 GPU, developed by ATI Technologies, was the company's basis for its 3rd-generation DirectX 9.0/OpenGL 2.0-capable graphics cards.

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Rendition, Inc.

Rendition, Inc., was a maker of 3D computer graphics chipsets in the mid to late 1990s.

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RIVA 128

The RIVA 128, or "NV3", was a consumer graphics processing unit created in 1997 by Nvidia.

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S3 ViRGE

The S3 ViRGE (Video and Rendering Graphics Engine) graphics chipset was one of the first 2D/3D accelerators designed for the mass market.

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Serial communication

In telecommunication and data transmission, serial communication is the process of sending data one bit at a time, sequentially, over a communication channel or computer bus.

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Serial Digital Video Out

Serial Digital Video Out (SDVO) is a proprietary Intel technology introduced with their 9xx-series of motherboard chipsets.

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Service pack

In computing, a service pack comprises a collection of updates, fixes, or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package.

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Silicon Integrated Systems

Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) is a company that manufactures, among other things, motherboard chipsets.

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Slot 1

Slot 1 refers to the physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intel's microprocessors, including the Pentium Pro, Celeron, Pentium II and the Pentium III.

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Socket 7

Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard.

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Source-synchronous

Source-Synchronous clocking refers to a technique used for timing symbols on a digital interface.

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System Management Bus

The System Management Bus (abbreviated to SMBus or SMB) is a single-ended simple two-wire bus for the purpose of lightweight communication.

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Texture mapping

Texture mapping is a method for mapping a texture on a computer-generated graphic.

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VIA Technologies

VIA Technologies, Inc. is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory.

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Video random-access memory

Video random-access memory (VRAM) is dedicated computer memory used to store the pixels and other graphics data as a framebuffer to be rendered on a computer monitor.

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Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI).

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Wait state

A wait state is a delay experienced by a computer processor when accessing external memory or another device that is slow to respond.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.

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Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of operating systems.

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Windows NT 4.0

Windows NT 4.0 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses.

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X86

x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088. Accelerated Graphics Port and X86 are IBM PC compatibles.

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32-bit computing

In computer architecture, 32-bit computing refers to computer systems with a processor, memory, and other major system components that operate on data in 32-bit units.

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3D computer graphics

3D computer graphics, sometimes called CGI, 3-D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics, are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering digital images, usually 2D images but sometimes 3D images.

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3dfx

3dfx Interactive, Inc. was an American computer hardware company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1994, that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units, and later, video cards.

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3Dlabs

3DLABS Inc. Accelerated Graphics Port and 3Dlabs are intel graphics.

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64-bit computing

In computer architecture, 64-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 64 bits wide.

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See also

Intel graphics

Macintosh internals

Motherboard expansion slot

Peripheral Component Interconnect

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port

Also known as 2xAGP, 4xAGP, AGP aperture, AGP port, AGP slot, AGP socket, Advanced Graphics Port, Sideband addressing, Universal AGP.

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