What is the GPU?

What is the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)?

Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit that is designed to accelerate the image output in a frame buffer in order to display output.

Today, Modern GPUs are very efficient at processing computer graphics and image processing. It has a highly parallel structure which makes the GPU more efficient than the CPU.

GPU is not only used for showing height gaming graphics but also plays a vital role in general purposes. 

Top GPU manufacturing companies for the smartphone are:

1)Apple

2)PowerVR

3)ARM

4)Qualcomm