File:Generic block diagram of a GPU.svg

Summary

Description
English: Generic block diagram of a GPU as found on modern graphics cards. The Wikipedia contains separate articles to many of the depicted components and used communication protocols.

BIF: ISA (Industry Standard Architecture), VLB (VESA Local Bus), PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnec), AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), PCIe
GMC: WRAM, GDDR SDRAM, HBM (High Bandwidth Memory)
DIF: EDID = en:Extended Display Identification Data, LVDS = en:Low-voltage differential signaling, TMDS = en:Transition-minimized differential signaling
VGABIOS cf. Video BIOS

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Author ScotXW
Other versions for a general idea on the usage of rendering APIs (OpenGL, Direct3D, Vulkan) cf.

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