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'''Video Display Processor''' ('''VDP''') is a name commonly associated with bespoke graphics processing units created by [[Sega]] for use in their video game consoles and arcade machines. Unlike other microchips used in Sega's consoles, VDPs were usually created by (or under guidance from) Sega themselves and are typically unique to the system they were designed for. Like all GPUs, VDPs assist in the process of rendering video game graphic data onto a television screen.
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'''Video Display Processor''' ('''VDP''') is a name commonly associated with bespoke graphics processing units created by [[Sega]] for use in their video game consoles and related [[List of Sega arcade systems|arcade machines]]. Unlike other microchips used in Sega's consoles, VDPs were usually created by (or under guidance from) Sega themselves and are typically unique to the system they were designed for. Like all [[wikia:w:c:gaming:Graphics processing unit|GPUs]], VDPs assist in the process of rendering video game graphic data onto a television screen.
  
 
A number of VDP integrated circuits exist:
 
A number of VDP integrated circuits exist:
  
*[[Sega Master System/Technical specifications|Sega VDP]], for [[Sega Mark III]] and [[Sega Master System]]
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*[[Sega Master System/Technical specifications|Sega VDP]] — used in [[Mark III]] and [[Master System]] consoles, and [[System E]] arcade system
*[[Sega Mega Drive/Technical specifications|Sega 315‑5313 VDP]] ([[Yamaha]] YM7101), for [[Sega Mega Drive]]
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*[[Sega Mega Drive/Technical specifications|Sega 315‑5313 VDP]] ([[Yamaha]] YM7101) — used in [[Mega Drive]] console, and [[Mega-Tech]], [[System C]] and [[Mega Play]] arcade systems
*[[Sega Mega-CD/Technical specifications|Sega 315-5548]], for [[Sega CD]] and [[Sega Mega-CD]]
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*[[Sega Mega-CD/Technical specifications|Sega 315-5548]] — used in [[Mega-CD]] console
*[[Sega 32X/Technical specifications|Sega 32X VDP]], for [[Sega 32X]]
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*[[Sega 32X/Technical specifications|Sega 32X VDP]] — used in [[32X]] console
*[[VDP1 (Saturn)|VDP1]], for [[Sega Saturn]]
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*[[VDP1 (Saturn)|VDP1]] — used in [[Sega Saturn/Technical specifications|Saturn console]] and [[ST-V]] arcade system
*[[VDP2 (Saturn)|VDP2]], for [[Sega Saturn]]
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*[[VDP2 (Saturn)|VDP2]] — used in [[Saturn]] console and ST-V arcade system
 
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Latest revision as of 06:04, 22 October 2018

Video Display Processor (VDP) is a name commonly associated with bespoke graphics processing units created by Sega for use in their video game consoles and related arcade machines. Unlike other microchips used in Sega's consoles, VDPs were usually created by (or under guidance from) Sega themselves and are typically unique to the system they were designed for. Like all GPUs, VDPs assist in the process of rendering video game graphic data onto a television screen.

A number of VDP integrated circuits exist:



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