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blitter

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(hardware, graphics)blitter - /blit'r/ (Or "raster blaster"). A special-purpose integrated circuit or hardware system built to perform blit (or "bit bang") operations, especially used for fast implementation of bit-mapped graphics.

The Commodore Amiga and a few other microcomputers have these, but in 1991 the trend is away from them (however, see cycle of reincarnation).


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The ST40GX1 incorporates a five-channel GPDMA as well as the high-bandwidth SuperHyway internal interconnect, support for PCI, USB and MPX busses, peripherals such as digital video inputs, audio PCM and smart card, 2D graphics with blitter and programmable DENC outputs.
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The ST40GX1 incorporates a five-channel GPDMA as well as the high-bandwidth SuperHyway internal interconnect, support for PCI, USB and MPX busses, peripherals such as digital video inputs, audio PCM and smart card, 2D graphics with blitter and programmable DENC outputs.
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These include a very powerful blitter, sprite scene control, dithering, and four types of alpha blending, all of which execute simultaneously with little CPU intervention.
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