A Graphics Processing Unit or GPU in short is used as a co-processor along with the CPU for heavy tasks and computing. Generally, GPUs are used to accelerate or speed up memory-intensive tasks such as ...

In the mid-90s, videogames on the computer were starting to boom. 3D graphics were the cutting-edge, and the normal Gateway desktops couldn’t handle the visual demands without a dedicated “video card.

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be what everyone's talking about, but getting involved isn't straightforward. You'll need a more than decent grasp of maths and theoretical data science, plus an ...

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At Altair, chief technology officer Sam Mahalingam is heads-down testing the company’s newest software for designing cars, buildings, windmills, and other complex systems. The engineering and design ...

Nvidia is no longer just a graphics card company. Its advances in graphics processing unit — or GPU — computing with the Cuda parallel architecture in its Tesla and Fermi-based GeForce graphics cards ...

Graphical-processing unit (GPU)-accelerated computing has reached maturity for professional, scientific computing applications. One example of this is the recent GPU-accelerated thermal application ...

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The graphics chip will power servers used by Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other cloud service providers. And it will be used to fight COVID-19. Shara Tibken was a managing editor at CNET News, ...