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GPU (Graphic Processing Unit)

A graphics processing unit (GPU) is designed for the acceleration of computer graphics. They usually come in the form of a graphics cards with dedicated video memory (VRAM). They are tailored for the task of rendering by having a massively parallel structure. Due to this, they also have non-graphical use cases in the fields of training neural networks and cryptocurrency mining.

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