Accelerated Processing Unit. A term coined by the semiconductor manufacturer AMD, it offers a CPU and GPU integrated onto a single die allowing for lower latency, greater power efficiency and a smaller overall footprint<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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