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title: "What is GPU(Hardware Part) in Laptop ?"  
description: "What is GPU(Hardware Part) in Laptop ?"  
author: "Shrikant Mishra"  
published: 2019-01-11  
updated: 2019-01-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51753/what-is-gpu-hardware-part-in-laptop  
category: "computers and laptops"  
tags: ["laptops", "computers", "computer hardware", "motherboards"]  
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# What is GPU(Hardware Part) in Laptop ?

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## Answers

### Answer by Sanat Shukla

The **GPU is the short form of Graphics Processing Unit**. This is a single-chip processor primarily used to manage and boost the performance of video and graphics. Into the GPU features include:

1. Support for YUV color space
2. Hardware overlays
3. MPEG decoding
4. 2-D or 3-D graphics
5. Digital output to flat panel display monitors
6. Texture mapping
7. Application support for high-intensity graphics software such as AutoCAD
8. Rendering polygons

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Those features are designed to lessen the work of the CPU and produce faster video and graphics. The GPU is not only used in a PC on a video card or motherboard; it is also used in mobile phones, display adapters, workstations, and game consoles. That term is also known as a visual processing unit (VPU). Their primary responsibility is ensuring content displays and renders on your computer screen or monitor correctly. It includes everything - from the user interface to applications and web pages and of course high-intensity games. ![What is GPU(Hardware Part) in Laptop ?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/35554f27-1edc-4019-9141-4ce65e3230aa/images/a8607264-3ca2-4b8e-a642-b8f484fec231.jpeg) 2). ![What is GPU(Hardware Part) in Laptop ?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/35554f27-1edc-4019-9141-4ce65e3230aa/images/2e4b7c79-815a-439f-9524-ca7fad039d25.jpeg) 3). ![What is GPU(Hardware Part) in Laptop ?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/35554f27-1edc-4019-9141-4ce65e3230aa/images/dd4b20b9-a259-4e95-8e2e-90fba7dc3fa3.jpeg)\


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