GPU
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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
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“Unlike the GPU, the LPU is a deterministic, low-power processor,” wrote Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C.J.
From MarketWatch
Most analysts estimate that Nvidia controls 90% or more of the GPU market.
The deal offered an early window into Nvidia’s strategy to look beyond the GPU to lock up pockets of the AI market.
Citrini Research, in its fictional dispatch from 2028 that rocked the markets Monday, wrote: “It should have been clear all along that a single GPU cluster in North Dakota generating the output previously attributed to 10,000 white-collar workers in Midtown Manhattan is more economic pandemic than economic panacea…The human-centric consumer economy, 70% of GDP at the time, withered.”
The next decade of AI infrastructure will be limited by the performance of polymers and specialty materials, not just GPU volume.
From Barron's
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