===== General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU) =====
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**General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU)** is a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:g:gpu]] that performs non-specialized calculations that would typically be conducted by the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:c:cpu]] (central processing unit). Ordinarily, the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:g:gpu]] is dedicated to graphics rendering.

GPGPUs are used for tasks that were formerly the domain of high-power CPUs, such as physics calculations, [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:e:encryption|encryption]]/[[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:d:decryption|decryption]], scientific computations and the generation of cypto currencies such as [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:b:bitcoin|Bitcoin]].((
Rouse, Margret; __Definition of GPGPU__, WhatIs.com, Accessed 8 December 2020,
[[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/GPGPU-general-purpose-graphics-processing-unit]]
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Source: [[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/GPGPU-general-purpose-graphics-processing-unit ]]


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