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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Recent export restrictions introduced a limit on the memory bandwidth of GPU chips, which would in turn continue to limit the ability of other nations to develop AI.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
The hardware requirement likely refers to, collectively, the CPU, GPU, and chipset, and possibly also the RZ-series Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules that are often paired with AMD systems.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
Projects like Bless reward users for sharing idle GPU power, Filecoin leverages distributed storage hosted by everyday users and Helium allows users to share unused internet data with the network.
—Ayush Gupta, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
To put the gap in a bit more context, the Switch 2's miniaturized Ampere GPU is rated for 3.072 TFLOPs when docked, versus just 1.71 TFLOPs while undocked.
—ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
The hardware requirement likely refers to, collectively, the CPU, GPU, and chipset, and possibly also the RZ-series Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules that are often paired with AMD systems.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
Projects like Bless reward users for sharing idle GPU power, Filecoin leverages distributed storage hosted by everyday users and Helium allows users to share unused internet data with the network.
—Ayush Gupta, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
To put the gap in a bit more context, the Switch 2's miniaturized Ampere GPU is rated for 3.072 TFLOPs when docked, versus just 1.71 TFLOPs while undocked.
—ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
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“GPU.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPU. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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