Skip to content

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Definition
AI-generated

A Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the general-purpose processor that executes operating-system tasks and most application code, typically with fewer but more flexible cores than a GPU.

Topics
Compute and Hardware Programming
Synonyms
CPU
Plural
CPUs
Related
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) CPU Core Software Thread

Why it matters in GWAS

Many core GWAS tools remain CPU-oriented, so job throughput, thread settings, and memory bandwidth on CPU nodes strongly affect analysis time and reproducibility.

Example usage

"We benchmarked PLINK on 32 CPU threads and tuned per-job memory to maximize cluster throughput."

Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) CPU Core Software Thread Operating-System Process High-Performance Computing (HPC) Slurm PLINK Python
Related-term network

Click any node to open that term page.

Node order. The current term is first. Next come every page linked from Related terms, in the same top-to-bottom order as that list. Then new terms appear in two-hop layers: for each of those direct neighbors (in that same order), their related terms are appended if not already listed. A third pass does the same for two-hop nodes. The walk stops when a fixed maximum number of nodes is reached.

References

  • Patterson DA, Hennessy JL. (2017). Computer Organization and Design.
← CpG island CPU Core →

Last updated (UTC · Git history)