For history buffs only.

I love knowing about the history of our profession.

I just got an email from Electronic Design magazine, to which I subscribe. It's an offer for an ebook about the history of Graphics Chips. To get it, you go to [Link: electronicdesign.com] and fill out the form. This offer might only be for people who subscribe to the magazine, or it might end up in you getting a subscription. I highly recommend the magazine.

Here's what the email said:



Dr. Jon Peddie, an industry pioneer in the graphics world, has been writing short articles about the graphics chips from a historical perspective. We have collected them in an ebook format so you can easily find them. Check it out!

In this ebook, you'll see old technologies and methodologies are often useful now! Staying abreast of the latest and greatest technology, including computer graphics, is what we do at Electronic Design but it is often interesting and useful to look back at what was and how we got to where we are at now.


What's inside:

Chapter 1 - NEC µPD7220 Graphics Display Controller: The first graphics processor chip
Chapter 2 - EGA to VGA
Chapter 3 - Intel's 82787 - Intel's First Discrete Graphics Coprocessor
Chapter 4 - Texas Instruments' TMS34010 and VRAM
Chapter 5 - IBM's porofessional graphics, the PGC and 8514/A
Chapter 6 - IBM's VGA