What is a GPU?

A GPU, or Graphics Processing Unit, is a specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images and graphics for display. While originally developed for rendering graphics in video games and visual applications, GPUs are now widely used for parallel processing tasks in areas such as artificial intelligence, data science, and scientific computing. Their architecture allows them to handle thousands of operations simultaneously, making them much faster than traditional CPUs for certain workloads.