gpuacceleration
nounUK /ˌdʒiː piː ˈjuː əkˌseləˈreɪʃən/
US /ˌdʒiː piː ˈjuː əkˌseləˈreɪʃən/
Using a special computer chip to do many small jobs at once so games and apps run faster.
The new game looks smoother because of GPU acceleration.
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2. Speeding up math-heavy tasks like AI training by letting the graphics chip do the work.
The team used GPU acceleration to train their model in hours instead of days.
3. A setting in software that turns on the graphics card to handle heavy visual effects.
Turn on GPU acceleration in the video editor to preview effects in real time.
4. Offloading certain calculations from the main processor to the graphics processor to save time.
GPU acceleration cut the simulation time in half.