[andrewdb]

Why do we call them GPUs these days?

Most GPUs, sitting in racks in datacenters, aren't "processing graphics" anyhow.

[xeonmc]

General Processing Units

Gross-Parallelization Units

Generative Procedure Units

Gratuitously Profiteering Unscrupulously

[incognito124]

Greed Processing Units

[wartywhoa23]

This is just brilliant!

[allreduce]

Sometimes Gibberish Producing Units

[xeonmc]

Gibberish Pipeline Units

[markhahn]

General Parallel Units

[jgtrosh]

The dedicated term GPGPU [0] didn't catch on.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-purpose_computing_on_g...

[anthk]

VPU. Vector/Video Processing Unit.

[ChocolateGod]

Greenhouse Production Units

[CompuHacker]

  CPU = Compute
  GPU =  Impute