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In 1980, researchers at the University of North Carolina developed Pixel-Planes, a significant advancement in computer graphics hardware.
This technology accelerated graphics rendering by allocating one dedicated processor to every individual pixel on the display screen. By assigning a processor to each pixel, the system was able to generate many parts of an on-screen image simultaneously rather than sequentially. This parallel processing architecture allowed for the production of graphics at significantly faster speeds than previous methods.1