GPUs are crucial to modern computing. You're probably reading this on a screen that's making use of a GPU. But what is a GPU? What are they good for? Join us for a layman's overview. A graphics ...

The story so far: In 1999, California-based Nvidia Corp. marketed a chip called GeForce 256 as “the world’s first GPU”. Its purpose was to make videogames run better and look better. In the 2.5 ...