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Type of integrated circuit
A video display controller (VDC), also called a display engine or display interface, is an integrated circuit which is the main component in a video-signal generator, a device responsible for the production of a video signal in a computing or game system. Some VDCs also generate an audio signal, but that is not their main function. VDCs were used in the home computers of the 1980s and also in game consoles and arcade games. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Video display controllerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Revisiting PID Control for Power-Constrained Video DisplayInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Ergonomics in computerized officesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A single-chip CIF 30-Hz, H261, H263, and H263+ video encoder/decoder with embedded display controllerCited 16 times
- Go sideways: List of home computers by video hardwareA closely related topic
- Go sideways: TMS9918A closely related topic
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A single-chip CIF 30-Hz, H261, H263, and H263+ video encoder/decoder with embedded display controller
Video display controller
Three monochrome displays from a single, true color video display controller
7.2: A Memory‐Efficient Implementation of Video Window Detection for a Digital Display Controller
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📚 Books worth reading
Ergonomics in computerized officesE. Grandjean · 1986
Visual ergonomics handbookJeffrey Anshel · 2005
The Computer user's survival guideJoan Stigliani · 1995- 📕Potential health hazards of video display terminalsNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies. · 1981
Healthy computingRonald Harwin, Colin Haynes · 1991
Computers & visual stressEdward C. Godnig · 1990
Image performance in CRT displaysKenneth Compton · 2003- 📕VDT health and safetyElizabeth A. Scalet · 1987
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