Computing units Computational Infrastructure
noun phrase
Thematic attribution: Hardware Systems; Computer Architecture
Definition: Functional hardware units that perform computation within a processor or system (e.g., arithmetic units, cores, tensor units, execution units) [ NVIDIA/Intel architecture documentation].
Example in context: “Secondly, computing units are distributed, provided by distributed machines, which enables individual optimization.” [Yang et al. 2024]
Synonyms: compute units
Related terms: processing units, execution units