![An image of hundreds of thousands of small points representing stars with streaks showing their motion. The points and trails are the most dense in the center, and decrease in density outward.](https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/files/2017/03/globsim-1hgf10c.png)
If you are a video game enthusiast, you might be familiar with the importance of the graphics processing unit, or the GPU. The GPU determines whether you can play a game with all the fancy visual effects turned on, how high you can set the screen resolution, and how many frames (the images you see… Read more »