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GPU computing is a noun. Just like: high-performance computing.

Its main feature is [whatever]. [possessive pronoun]

It is difficult to learn. [subject pronoun: it]

The pronoun here can only be its, third person singular.

Therefore we would write:

**GPU computing [it] has become increasingly popular because of its high computing throughput.

And this sentence: GPU computing has become increasingly popular because of GPU's high computing throughput."

is incorrect. Why?

  1. We would not repeat the noun: GPU computing, nor would we make it possessive with an apostrophe S as it has already been stated as GPU computing.

  2. The high computing throughput refers back to the noun. Ergo, the proper pronoun is its.

  • The lion is a noble beast. One of its main features is its mane.

  • Horses are delicate animals. Their colors can be varied.

its-singular their-plural

GPU computing

GPU computing is the use of a GPU (graphics processing unit) as a co-processor to accelerate CPUs for general-purpose scientific and engineering computing.

The GPU accelerates applications running on the CPU by offloading some of the compute-intensive and time consuming portions of the code. The rest of the application still runs on the CPU. From a user's perspective, the application runs faster because it's using the massively parallel processing power of the GPU to boost performance. This is known as "heterogeneous" or "hybrid" computing.

Please note: GPU computing, then a GPU, then become in the text: the GPU.

That is standard writing in English.

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