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GPU History and Evolution

This quiz will test your knowledge about the history and evolution of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the first commercially available GPU?

  1. 3dfx Voodoo Graphics
  2. NVIDIA GeForce 256
  3. ATI Radeon 7000
  4. Intel HD Graphics
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which company is widely credited with popularizing the term "GPU"?

  1. NVIDIA
  2. ATI
  3. Intel
  4. AMD
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the first GPU to feature programmable shaders?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce 3
  2. ATI Radeon 8500
  3. Intel GMA 950
  4. AMD Radeon HD 2900 XT
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which GPU architecture introduced the concept of unified shaders?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce 8800
  2. ATI Radeon HD 4870
  3. Intel HD Graphics 2000
  4. AMD Radeon HD 7970
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the first GPU to support DirectX 10?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
  2. ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
  3. Intel GMA X3500
  4. AMD Radeon HD 4870
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which GPU architecture introduced the concept of CUDA?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
  2. ATI Radeon HD 4870
  3. Intel HD Graphics 2000
  4. AMD Radeon HD 5870
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the first GPU to support DirectX 11?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
  2. ATI Radeon HD 5870
  3. Intel HD Graphics 3000
  4. AMD Radeon HD 6970
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which GPU architecture introduced the concept of GCN?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
  2. ATI Radeon HD 7970
  3. Intel HD Graphics 4000
  4. AMD Radeon HD 8970
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the first GPU to support DirectX 12?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
  2. ATI Radeon R9 290X
  3. Intel HD Graphics 530
  4. AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which GPU architecture introduced the concept of Pascal?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
  2. ATI Radeon RX 480
  3. Intel HD Graphics 630
  4. AMD Radeon RX 580
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the first GPU to support DirectX 12 Ultimate?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
  2. ATI Radeon RX 5700 XT
  3. Intel UHD Graphics 630
  4. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which GPU architecture introduced the concept of RDNA?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
  2. ATI Radeon RX 6900 XT
  3. Intel Iris Xe Graphics
  4. AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the first GPU to support ray tracing in hardware?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
  2. ATI Radeon RX 6900 XT
  3. Intel UHD Graphics 770
  4. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which GPU architecture introduced the concept of Ampere?

  1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
  2. ATI Radeon RX 6900 XT
  3. Intel Iris Xe Graphics
  4. AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the latest GPU architecture from NVIDIA?

  1. Ada Lovelace
  2. RDNA 3
  3. Intel Arc Alchemist
  4. Xe HPG
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