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 ...

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, ...

These are specialized processors designed to handle machine learning calculations; in most devices, that means AI This article will tell you what an NPU is, what they're used for, and how their ...

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 ...

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 ...

Twinsburg, OH - March 22nd, 2012 Today AVADirect, a leading custom computer manufacturer, announced that they are now selling the new Nvidia GTX 680 graphic processing unit. The GTX 680 is based off ...

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 ...

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 ...