GPU

¹

Or G.P.U.

[gey-pey-oo, jee-pee-yoo]

abbreviation

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

GPU

²

abbreviation

1. General Postal Union. See Universal Postal Union.

GPU

³

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.

GPU

abbreviation

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of GPU¹

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

Origin of GPU²

First recorded in 1970–75

Word History and Origins

Origin of GPU¹

from Russian Gosudarstvennoye politicheskoye upravlenie

Example Sentences

While Microsoft’s stock is only up 4% since July, the analysts see potential for a boost, “since Azure demand is strong, giving it pricing power for GPU instances, due to data center constraints across the industry.”

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GPU rental pricing in the third quarter alone was down by 20%.

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AMD’s first rack-scale 72 GPU AI server product, the MI400 series, won’t be available until late 2026 at the earliest.

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AMD’s first rack-scale 72 GPU AI server product, the MI400 series, won’t be available until late 2026 at the earliest.

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Revenue in Alibaba’s Cloud Intelligent Group could grow 30% from last year, fueled in part by AI demand as customers switch to GPU computing, analysts posited.

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