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Component of a GPU which alters bitmap images for use as textures
In computer graphics, a texture mapping unit (TMU) is a component in modern graphics processing units (GPUs). They are able to rotate, resize, and distort a bitmap image to be placed onto an arbitrary plane of a given 3D model as a texture, in a process called texture mapping. In modern graphics cards it is implemented as a discrete stage in a graphics pipeline, whereas when first introduced it was implemented as a separate processor, e.g. as seen on the Voodoo2 graphics card. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Texture mapping unitA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: 3D math primer for graphics and game developmentThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Quartz c-axis texture mapping of a Variscan regional foliation (Malpica–Tui Unit, NW Spain)Cited 16 times
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3D math primer for graphics and game developmentFletcher Dunn · 2002
Bibliography of continental drift and plate tectonicsTina Kasbeer · 1972
Network and Parallel ComputingJames J. Park · 2012
Small-format aerial photographyJames S. Aber · 2010
Developments in Soil Classification, Land Use Planning and Policy ImplicationsShabbir A. Shahid · 2013
Practical Game Development with Unity and BlenderAlan Thorn · 2014
International Conference on Advances in Pattern RecognitionSameer Singh · 1999
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