GPU
abbreviation or noun
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.
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The stock has surged alongside unprecedented GPU orders from cloud providers.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
Qualcomm claims that its next-generation Adreno X2 GPU in the Snapdragon X2 Elite SoC will offer gaming performance that's 50% greater than that of the Xe2 GPUs in Intel's Core Ultra 200 range of processors.
—PC Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
The goal is to engineer a perpetual-motion machine of GPU consumption—a way to guarantee demand in a world where hyperscalers are trying to build their own chips.
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Yet capturing its full physical structure demanded nearly Perlmutter’s entire GPU fleet.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Nov. 2025
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Yun Li, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
Qualcomm claims that its next-generation Adreno X2 GPU in the Snapdragon X2 Elite SoC will offer gaming performance that's 50% greater than that of the Xe2 GPUs in Intel's Core Ultra 200 range of processors.
—PC Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
The goal is to engineer a perpetual-motion machine of GPU consumption—a way to guarantee demand in a world where hyperscalers are trying to build their own chips.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2025
Yet capturing its full physical structure demanded nearly Perlmutter’s entire GPU fleet.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Nov. 2025
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“GPU.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPU. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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