This article by EDN Senior Technical Editor Brian Dipert investigates the increasing generalization of the GPU business, covering wide-ranging topics including the AGP-to-PCI-express platform transition; GPGPU; video codecs; image editing; and physics simulation. In addition to this article, Dipert will be continuing his exploration of these topics in his blog. He has already posted several entries related to the main article (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
(Instigating a platform tug of war: Graphics vendors hunger for CPU suppliers’ turf. Brian Dipert. EDN.com.)