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.

Examples of GPU in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here's where things get tricky: the PS5 Pro uses an AMD GPU based on the RDNA 3 architecture, but some features are derived from the upcoming RDNA 4 GPUs, which don't exist in the PC space. —Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024

The first two, Wild Life (1440p) and Wild Life Extreme (4K), use the Vulkan graphics API to measure GPU speeds. —PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024

There will be more workloads at the edge that will require advanced data management approaches, AI and GPU support. —Bruce Kornfeld, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024

For years, the easiest way to increase AI performance was by simply training bigger models on more GPU chips. —Billy Perrigo, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

graphics processing unit

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above