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A '''PPU''' (Physics Processing Unit) is a support [[Central processing unit|CPU]] used to handle the calculations of physics, mainly in [[video game]]s. 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]].

Aiega's PhysX chip can handle over 100 times the amountnumber of calculations per second as a standard CPU and GPU combined. The introduction of PPUs will see a revolution in the gaming world of today, and itits introduction seems to be as revolutionary as GPU when it first arrived's.

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