Conversely, most 3D accelerators have their own custom array. SocketX would create a pin-out array standard. An assembly line for program instructions. A pipelined function unit in a microprocessor separates the execution of a program instruction into multiple stages. See also authoring pipeline and rendering pipeline.
Several instructions are in the pipeline simultaneously, each at a different processing stage.
The process by which a recording of a single note is transformed into other notes of the scale during wavetable synthesis. The smallest unit of resolution on a video screen. Everything on the screen is formed of pixels. More pixels are better, because the screen can display more detailed images. The part of the 3D pipeline that is responsible for applying color, lighting, and other effects to every pixel on the screen.