PPU
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A PPU (Physics Processing Unit) is a support CPU used to handle the calculations of physics, mainly in video games. Examples of calculations a PPU can do include Rigid Body Dynamics, Collision Detection, Fluid Simulation, Soft Bodies and Fracturing of objects. One example of a PPU is the PhysX chip from Ageia.
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