GPU is originally stood for “Graphics Processor Unit”. In short, a GPU is a processor that is specially-designed to handle intensive graphics rendering tasks. GPU is a specialized electronic circuit, which is designed for manipulating computer graphics and image processing. GPUs are used in computers, mobile phones, embedded systems, workstations and game consoles.
Nvidia and AMD are the two main players in the graphics card arena, while Intel’s own Iris Plus and UHD integrated GPUs designed to carry out light-weight work in laptops without dedicated graphics. On the mobile side, Qualcomm and MediaTek provide lightweight GPUs for handheld devices.
GPUs tend to usually be associated with realistic graphics in top-quality video games. But in business applications like AutoCAD, GPUs provide the benefit of rendering 3D models. As this type of software demands constant changes in very little time, the PC on which it is rendered must be capable of withstanding the strain of the editing process. In this example, the GPU facilitates the re-rendering of the 3D models.
GPU is getting important for the cloud computing and data center industry. Furthermore, GPUs are extremely useful when it comes to the creation of neural networks and processing the functions of machine learning. GPUs are also being extremely used by bitcoin miners.