GPU

abbreviation or noun

ˌjē-(ˌ)pē-ˈyü

variants or less commonly gpu

plural GPUs also gpus

: a specialized CPU designed to efficiently perform calculations for generating computer graphics

A GPU can deliver hundreds of billions of operations per second—some GPUs more than a teraflop, or a trillion operations per second—while requiring only slightly more electrical power and cooling than a CPU.—

Andrea Di Blas et al.

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Jon Peddie Research recently estimated that AMD was selling roughly one dedicated GPU for every seven or eight sold by Nvidia. —

Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025 Data center results were a little light (and importantly, mostly due to GPU) as was guidance for the data center segment and this is really what matters for the stock. —

Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025 The perception system data is processed locally on an NVIDIA GPU and integrated with a GPS system for mapping and localization. —

Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 Powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, Samsung says the device offers a 40% improvement in neural processing, as well as significant boosts for central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) . —

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