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GPU

(Graphics Processing Unit) A programmable logic chip (processor) specialized for display functions. The GPU renders images, animations and video for the computer's screen. GPUs are located on plug-in cards, in a chipset on the motherboard or in the same chip as the CPU (see diagram below). See logic chip.

A GPU performs parallel operations. Although it is used for 2D data as well as for zooming and panning the screen, a GPU is essential for smooth decoding and rendering of 3D animations and video. The more sophisticated the GPU, the higher the resolution and the faster and smoother the motion in games and movies. GPUs on stand-alone cards include their own memory, while GPUs built into the chipset or CPU chip share main memory with the CPU (see GDDR).

Not Just Graphics Processing
Since GPUs perform parallel operations on multiple sets of data, they are increasingly used as vector processors for non-graphics applications that require repetitive computations. For example, in 2010, a Chinese supercomputer achieved the record for top speed using more than seven thousand GPUs in addition to its CPUs (see GPGPU). See graphics pipeline and multi-GPU.

Graphics Hardware Locations

In a PC, graphics rendering originally took place in the CPU. Over time, functions were offloaded to separate circuits and then to GPUs either in separate cards, the PC's chipset or the CPU chip itself. See display adapter, integrated graphics and integrated GPU.

An Integrated GPU

This Trinity chip from AMD integrates a sophisticated GPU with four cores of x86 processing and a DDR3 memory controller. Each x86 section is a dual-core CPU with its own L2 cache. (Image courtesy of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., www.amd.com)

Lots of GPUs for Crypto Mining

In 2018, Asus introduced its H370 Mining Master motherboard with support for 20 graphics cards via USB riser cables. See Bitcoin miner. (Image courtesy of ASUSTeK Computer Inc., www.asus.com)

GPU

Acronym	Definition
GPU➣Graphics Processing Unit
GPU➣Ground Power Unit
GPU➣General Public Utilities
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GPU➣General Purpose User
GPU➣General Postal Union (1847-1879, now UPU Universal Postal Union)
GPU➣Global Pastry Uprising
GPU➣General Processor Unit
GPU➣Graphics Processing/Processor Unit
GPU➣Ground Processing Unit
GPU➣Germ Plasm Utilization (livestock)
GPU➣Genomics Policy Research Unit
GPU➣Garment Production Unit (garment flammability testing)
GPU➣Group Personnel Unit (UK)
GPU➣Gossudarstwenoje Polititscheskoje Upravlenije (Russian: National Political Administration; Soviet Secret Service until 1937)
GPU➣Gas Particulate Unit (used in chemical warfare agent filters)
GPU➣Gossudarstwennoje Prawowoje Uprawlenije (Russian: National Legal Administration)
GPU➣Groupe Permanent Chargé des Installations Nucléaires de Base (French: Standing Group of Base Nuclear Installations)