Hardware
Accelerator
A chip designed to speed up specific workloads such as AI. GPUs are the best-known accelerators; others include TPUs and custom AI chips.
Why it matters
“Accelerator” is the vendor-neutral word. It lets you compare GPUs from different makers alongside other AI chips.
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