GPU的性能提升受各方面因素的影响，如：工艺、微架构设计、EDA工具、编译器等。本文仅从微架构方面分析GPU性能提升的背后发生了什么。
GPU可以粗略分为两大类：桌面/服务器端GPU和移动/嵌入式端GPU。前者的微架构设计更侧重于性能，后者更侧重于功耗和面积。前者的代表GPU厂商有NVDIA、AMD、Intel等，后者有ARM、Imagination、Qualcomm等。后文将分别介绍。
本文将通过纵向和横向对比的方式来剖析各大GPU厂商的主要微架构的变化，以及这样的变化所带来的性能提升有哪些。举例说明：所谓纵向是分析ARM的Bifrost一代和二代的改变、Bifrost三代和Valhall的改变；所谓横向是分析ARM的Bifrost和Imagination的Furian的性能差距及其原因。
Imagination
- # Imagination's PowerVR Rogue Architecture Explored
- # Imagination Announces PowerVR Furian GPU Architecture: The Next Generation of PowerVR
- # Imagination Announces A-Series GPU Architecture: "Most Important Launch in 15 Years"
- # Imagination Announces B-Series GPU IP: Scaling up with Multi-GPU
ARM
- ARM’s Mali Midgard Architecture Explored
- The Bifrost GPU architecture and the ARM Mali-G71 GPU
- ARM Unveils Next Generation Bifrost GPU Architecture & Mali-G71: The New High-End Mali
- Mali-G72 – Enabling tomorrow’s technology today
- Mali-G76: Taking High-End Graphics to the Next Level
- Arm's New Mali-G77 & Valhall GPU Architecture: A Major Leap
- Arm Mali-G78 GPU: Delivering True Immersive Entertainment on Mobile
- Mali-G57: Premium GPU Performance for Mainstream Devices
