Graphics Processing Unit, GPU is an electronic circuit used to speed up the crea

tion of both 2D and 3D images in computer. By having a separate processor, the G

PU allows the computer's CPU resources to be used for other important tasks.
GPUs can either be integrated which means that they are built into the computer'
s CPU semiconductor die or in the
mother-board.
They can be dedicated which means that they are a separate piece of hardware kno
wn as a video card or graphic card.
GPUs on stand-alone cards include their own memory (RAM), while GPUs in the chip
set or CPU chip share main memory with the CPU.
Technologies such as
SLI by Nvidia and
CrossFire by AMD
allow multiple GPUs to draw images simultaneously for a single screen ,i.e. the
processing of 2d and 3d images has been
made faster.