graphics processing unit

specialized electronic circuit; graphics accelerator
class processor_type Q183484
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graphics processing unit

Summary

graphics processing unit is a processor type[1]. It draws 24,399 Wikipedia views per month (processor_type category, ranking #6 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • graphics processing unit's instance of is recorded as processor type[3].
  • graphics processing unit is a type of coprocessor[4].
  • graphics processing unit is a type of vector processor[5].
  • graphics processing unit is part of graphics card[6].
  • graphics processing unit is part of system on a chip[7].
  • graphics processing unit's Commons category is recorded as Graphics processing units[8].
  • graphics processing unit comprises texture mapping unit[9].
  • graphics processing unit comprises texture cache[10].
  • graphics processing unit comprises L2 cache[11].
  • graphics processing unit comprises shader pipeline[12].
  • graphics processing unit comprises shared L2 cache[13].
  • graphics processing unit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Graphics processing units[14].
  • graphics processing unit's Commons gallery is recorded as Graphics processing unit[15].
  • graphics processing unit's topic has template is recorded as Template:Graphics Processing Unit[16].
  • graphics processing unit's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox graphics processing unit[17].
  • graphics processing unit's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/gpu[18].
  • graphics processing unit's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2560[19].
  • graphics processing unit's short name is recorded as GPU[20].
  • graphics processing unit's different from is recorded as graphics card[21].

Why It Matters

graphics processing unit draws 24,399 Wikipedia views per month (processor_type category, ranking #6 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 142 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Caterina Sansone · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bncf thesaurus id → 81039
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P508]]: 81039"
  2. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0370998-graficke-procesory
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0370998-graficke-procesory, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openalex id → C2779851693
    Fandom article id → microsoft:Graphics_processing_unit, apple:Graphics_processing_unit
    Freebase id → /m/022l1f
    Babelnet id → 03111526n
    + 61 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007572552505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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