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acquired NovodeX AG and began developing a hardware technology that could accelerate physics calculations, aiding the CPU. Ageia called the technology PhysX, the SDK was renamed from NovodeX to PhysX, and the accelerator cards were dubbed PPUs (Physics
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1398:"PhysX – Overview – GeForce"
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2064:"Simulation Overview"
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959:Open Dynamics Engine
830:programming language
687:PhysX in video games
436:3-clause BSD license
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