accelerator
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- /əkˈsɛləˌreɪtər/
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acelerador de hardware
- His most recent project is the Varnish HTTP accelerator, which is used to speed up large websites such as Facebook.
- graphics accelerator
You've got GPUs, you've got neural network accelerators.
- You've got GPUs, you've got neural network accelerators.
- Through some kind of software funkery, G RAID is using this GPU to act as a freaking storage accelerator.
- So when GPU accelerator start started doing triangles like so you have a triangle which maps on the set of pixels.
Examples
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Ever since 3dfx launched the original Voodoo 3D accelerator, we've strived to offload more and more work to a dedicated GPU, leaving the CPU free to handle other tasks.
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You'll see "Windows accelerator" cards which are video cards specifically optimized for Windows.
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It's not possible for the accelerator protocol to engage without entering a sequence key.
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The program runs on a Sun 3/260 computer with a TAAC-1 graphics accelerator.
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NVDLA stands for NVIDIA Deep Learning Accelerator and is a free open source neural network AI accelerator created by NVIDIA.
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The new graphics accelerator significantly improved the frame rates in the video game.
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This laptop has a dedicated accelerator card that enhances its graphics performance during gaming.
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To boost processing speed, we installed an AI accelerator designed for machine learning tasks.
Compounds
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A machine that makes tiny charged particles move faster for science or medicine
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A machine that makes tiny particles inside atoms move very fast for experiments or medical treatment
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A machine that makes tiny charged particles move faster in a straight line
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A machine that makes protons move very fast to hit other particles
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A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons
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A machine that makes very high voltage to push small charged particles through a tube
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A device that uses electrical parts to make high voltage and speed charged particles through a tube
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A machine that uses microwaves to speed up charged particles in a straight line
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A machine that makes a steady beam of electrons go faster using electric fields from changing magnets
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A substance that helps blood clot by turning a blood protein into a clotting chemical
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Surface Forms
Morphology
accelerator = accelerate (transparent) = accelerate + or
Agent/instrument nominalization from 'accelerate' describing hardware that speeds specific computations; the morphological relation is direct.
Etymology
Accelerator comes from the Latin word accelerare, made of ad- 'to' and celer 'swift', so it means 'make faster'. In computers, a hardware accelerator is a part designed to make certain tasks run faster.