Glossary term

GPU

Graphics Processing Unit. A specialized electronic circuit that utilizes a highly parallelized structure and high speed memory to rapidly process rendering and manipulating graphical images, heavily employed in…

  • Updated August 17, 2018
  • First published April 25, 2018
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Graphics Processing Unit. A specialized electronic circuit that utilizes a highly parallelized structure and high speed memory to rapidly process rendering and manipulating graphical images, heavily employed in the gaming industry and scientific research for processing large datasets.