GPU

¹ American  

[gey-pey-oo, jee-pee-yoo] / ˈgeɪˌpeɪˈu, ˈdʒiˌpiˈyu /

Or G.P.U.

abbreviation

1. (in the Soviet Union) the secret-police organization (1922–23) functioning under the NKVD.

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GPU ² American  

abbreviation

1. General Postal Union. See Universal Postal Union.

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GPU ³ American  

abbreviation

Computers.

1. graphics processing unit: a secondary processor usually dedicated to performing the calculations necessary for producing computer graphics, lessening the burden on the main processor.

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GPU British  

abbreviation

1. State Political Administration; the Soviet police and secret police from 1922 to 1923

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Etymology

Origin of GPU¹

From Russian G(osudárstvennoe) p(olitícheskoe) u(pravlénie) “state political directorate”

Origin of GPU³

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

What’s Next: UBS said Microsoft offered no signal about Azure cloud-computing’s revenue growth and capacity additions beyond the March quarter, and the analysts sensed that the GPU shift that weighed on its stock could persist.

From Barron's

“The revolution was more on the GPU side. Now it’s on the entire system. CPUs have always been part of the AI fabric, but now there’s a massive increase in need for them.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Arm could dominate the CPU market the way Nvidia has come to dominate the GPU market, an analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mohan raised his price outlook for the stock to $155 from $144 “to reflect increased confidence in the optical cycle playing out and even higher per GPU content in scale out.”

From Barron's

“Higher per GPU content in scale out” refers to how the exploding growth in data centers for artificial intelligence has increased the need for fiberoptic connections, which Corning makes.

From Barron's