A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a hardware chip designed to optimise graphics operations such as rendering images in gaming. GPUs apply parallel processing to multiple streams of data simultaneously and have proved useful in data-processing applications beyond graphics, notably in neural networks and other AI algorihms.
Also known as: GPU
Used in glossary entries: neural network, parallel processing
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