A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card ...
At first, you could "mine" Bitcoins using just the central processing unit of home computers. The mining process became quickly competitive, and faster Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) were used.
The collaboration resulted in 2.5 times the performance improvement over previous NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU) calculations and 80 times the acceleration compared to similar calculations ...
The DB9200AXI4 2D Graphics Engine provides options for higher graphics performance as a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) with its Display List Processing Unit addition; Parallel Pixel Processing ...