central processing unit

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By moving from a traditional central processing unit to a single AMD graphic processing unit, researchers were able to reduce simulation time by 25 times, the companies said.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Huang said that the platform’s Vera central processing unit and Rubin graphics processing unit were codesigned from the start for faster data sharing at lower latency, or delays in transferring data.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

A readout of the machine's central processing unit "indicated that the escalator had stopped after a built-in safety mechanism on the comb step was triggered at the top of the escalator", he added.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

I do not see my patients as an assemblage of data points in the way that they, perhaps, do not see me as merely a central processing unit in the flesh.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2024

Online ——— In this book, it signifies the act of being in direct communication with a remote computer's central processing unit.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd