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They might re-purpose the G to Generative

Generative Processing Unit works for all cases.

When AI is in everything, G would become General

Together with the newly-peripheral PPU (formerly known as CPU)

CPU is gonna be the coprocessor when most things are inferenced instead of strictly calculated.

I think the fact that people sometimes use the letter g to denote generalized intelligence might be useful here.

You could call them gPUs.

Apu already taken by aviation tho

Auxiliary Power Unit.

Both aviation and computers use them, though the latter more often call them UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply).

Let's be real, nobody cares about their acronyms being unique or not confusing.

But that's not what parent comment was talking about.

And by AMD (Accelerated Processing Unit, their term for CPUs with good integrated graphics like what Xbox and PlayStation consoles use).

And The Simpsons

So is GPU (Ground power unit)