A lack of saliva can even make it harder for you to digest food or talk. To treat dry mouth, your doctor may ask you to stop taking any medicines that are causing it. The doctor may also recommend medicines that stimulate saliva production.
Erik Fair, Software Engineer, Investor, skier. A Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a special purpose processor, optimized for calculations commonly (and repeatedly) required for Computer Graphics, particularly SIMD operations.
GPU - graphics processing unit. Related Terms. A GPU, or graphics processing unit, is used primarily for 3-D applications. It is a single-chip processor that creates lighting effects and transforms objects every time a 3D scene is redrawn. These are mathematically-intensive tasks, which otherwise, would put quite a strain on the CPU.