<s>
A	O
multimedia	B-Device
computer	I-Device
is	O
a	O
computer	O
that	O
is	O
optimized	O
for	O
multimedia	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
1000	I-Device
from	O
Commodore	O
International	O
has	O
been	O
called	O
the	O
first	O
multimedia	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
series	O
and	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
II	I-Device
extended	O
the	O
concept	O
;	O
the	O
Atari	O
integrated	O
a	O
MIDI	O
port	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
under	O
US$1000	O
to	O
have	O
1	O
megabyte	O
of	O
RAM	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
realistic	O
minimum	O
for	O
multimedia	O
content	O
and	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
able	O
to	O
display	O
true	O
photorealistic	O
graphics	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
integrating	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
,	O
whose	O
high	O
capacity	O
was	O
essential	O
for	O
delivering	O
multimedia	O
content	O
in	O
the	O
pre-Internet	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multimedia	O
capabilities	O
were	O
not	O
common	O
on	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
until	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
and	O
the	O
MPC	B-Device
standards	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
few	O
games	O
available	O
suffered	O
from	O
slow	O
video	O
hardware	O
,	O
PC	B-Device
speaker	I-Device
sound	O
and	O
limited	O
color	O
palette	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
contemporaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creative	O
's	O
SoundBlaster	B-Application
series	O
of	O
sound	O
cards	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
video	B-Device
cards	I-Device
from	O
ATI	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
and	O
Matrox	B-Application
soon	O
became	O
standard	O
equipment	O
for	O
most	O
PCs	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
dual	O
or	O
more	O
core	O
CPUs	O
clocked	O
at	O
2.0GHz	O
or	O
faster	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
4GB	O
of	O
RAM	O
and	O
an	O
integrated	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
unit	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
include	O
Nvidia	B-Application
GeForce	I-Application
or	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Intel	B-Device
Core	I-Device
and	O
AMD	O
Ryzen	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
are	O
some	O
of	O
today	O
's	O
products	O
that	O
excel	O
at	O
multimedia	O
computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
recently	O
,	O
high-performance	O
devices	O
have	O
become	O
more	O
compact	O
,	O
and	O
multimedia	B-Device
computer	I-Device
capabilities	O
are	O
found	O
in	O
mobile	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
iPhone	I-Operating_System
and	O
many	B-Application
Android	I-Application
phones	I-Application
,	O
featuring	O
DVD-like	O
video	O
quality	O
,	O
multi-megapixel	O
cameras	O
,	O
music	O
and	O
video	O
players	O
,	O
and	O
internet	O
call	O
(	O
VoIP	O
)	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
