GPU

abbreviation or noun

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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However, to fully optimize this approach, the KV cache needs to be distributed and accessible from any GPU server in the system. Abel Gordon, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 Carry it with you for any projects, web browsing, and even light gaming with the help of the RTX 3050 GPU, which will give a boost to creative applications like Photoshop. Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 5 June 2025 Ulefone Processing brains shape up as a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 octa-core chipset with integrated GPU and onboard AI, supported by 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM (as well as another 16 GB of virtual memory if needed) and 512 GB of UFS 3.1 storage plus up to 2 TB of microSD expansion. Paul Ridden may 30, New Atlas, 30 May 2025 But that didn’t exist for AI’s main commodity: time on a GPU. IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for GPU

Word History

Etymology

graphics processing unit

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of GPU was in 1973

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“GPU.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPU. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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