GPUASIC
GPUASIC is a term used in open-source hardware and education to describe small, programmable GPU cores implemented for FPGA prototyping. It is not a single, official project; rather, multiple independent endeavors have used the name to designate lightweight GPU-like cores or to discuss a class of simple, shader-capable devices. The lack of a single canonical specification means that specific features vary by implementation.
Typical goals of GPUASIC efforts include illustrating GPU architecture, enabling experimentation with a modular shader pipeline,
Applications are primarily educational demonstrations, hobbyist FPGA projects, and academic explorations of GPU design trade-offs. They
Notes: the term GPUASIC blends GPU and ASIC concepts, but most references describe FPGA-implementable cores rather
See also: GPU, ASIC, FPGA, GPU architecture, open-source hardware.