Back in the early days of desktop computing, prior to the rise of the color monitor, the microprocessor—the general-purpose number-crunching hardware that acts as the “brains” of a computer—was ...

But what is a GPU? What are they good for? Join us for a layman's overview.A graphics processing unit (aka a GPU, graphics ...

A Graphics Processing Unit is a chip that handles any functions relating to what displays on your computer's screen. Every computer today has some form of GPU. A new GPU can speed up your computer, ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. When it comes to the ...

GPU stands for graphics processing unit, but these tiny chips can be used for much more than just graphics. Google is using GPUs to model the human brain, and Salesforce leans on them as a way of ...

Will Google’s TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) emerge as a rival to NVIDIA’s GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)? Last month, Google announced its new AI model ‘Gemini 3’ and stated, “We used our ...

This article is part of the Electronics History series: The Graphics Chip Chronicles. ATI had been experimenting with the concepts of a unified shader for several years leading up to its acquisition ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The graphics processing unit, AKA the GPU, is one of the most important components in your PC. While the CPU is often referred to as the brain ...

Explaining how a modern GPU works in completeness would take a book. Or two. Per class of chip. Per vendor. They're extraordinarily complex pieces of engineering and production, and the end result ...