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A '''physics processing unit''' ('''PPU''') is a dedicated [[microprocessor]] designed to handle the calculations of [[physics]], especially in the [[physics engine]] of [[video game]]s. It is an example of [[hardware acceleration]].

Examples of calculations involving a PPU might include [[rigid body dynamics]], [[soft body dynamics]], [[collision detection]], [[fluid dynamics]], hair and [[Cloth_modeling|clothing simulation]], [[finite element analysis]], and fracturing of objects.

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* [[CELL]]

* [[Digital signal processor]]

* [[GPGPUGeneral-purpose computing on graphics processing units]] (GPGPU) – for applications of existing GPUs to the same physics problems PPUs are designed for

* [[Microsoft Robotics Studio]]

* [[OpenCL]]