GPU

Question 1

What does GPU stand for?

Answer 1

graphics processing unit

Question 2

What is a GPU

Answer 2

A specialised electronic circuit designed for the manipulation of memory for the output of the computer (or any machine)

Question 3

Cpu are what?

Answer 3

CPUs are general purpose processors

Question 4

GPUs are what

Answer 4

GPUs are designed specifically for graphics

Question 5

What is the architecture of a GPU?

Answer 5

parallel architecture of small cores designed to tackle tasks simultaneously

Question 6

GPU is often considered what?

Answer 6

a co-processor to the CPU

Question 7

Explain why a GPU is more suitable than a CPU for rendering 3d graphics?

Answer 7

CPUs are general purpose processors (1)
whereas GPUs are designed specifically for graphics (1). And so likely to have built in circuitry/instructions for common graphics operations (1).
GPUs are able to perform an instruction on multiple pieces of data at one time (1)
often we want to do this when processing graphics (e.g. transforming points in a polygon or shading pixels) (1)
which means it can perform transformations to onscreen graphics quicker than a CPU (1).

Question 8

if gpu wasn’t present what would happen

Answer 8

the performance of the CPU would drop, as it normally reduces the workload

Question 9

What else is GPU used in?

Answer 9

physical/scientific modelling 
encoding 
digital distribution 
CAD 
computer finance 
fluid dynamics