GPU

¹ American  

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

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

Carlsten previously served as chief executive of DCAI, an AI company providing large-scale GPU compute infrastructure and enterprise AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Citi analyst Atif Malik believes investors underestimate AMD’s potential to exceed $50 billion in GPU sales by 2028.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

“Remember, when you’re building a neural network, every GPU needs to have a path to every other GPU in the cluster,” Weeks says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Google and Anthropic pay billions monthly for Nvidia GPU access via SpaceX, whose orbital data centers face economic hurdles.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The added GPU capacity could help fuel an OCI acceleration, he noted, while reiterating his buy rating and raising his price target to $300 from $250.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026