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accelerator

[ak-sel-uh-rey-ter] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
machine for giving charged particles high velocity
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While the company has struggled to gain ground in the market for AI accelerators, its central processing units for servers are seemingly in demand as AI systems become more complex.

From MarketWatch

To test this process, the researchers placed glycine inside the chamber and exposed it to simulated cosmic rays using an ion accelerator at HUN-REN Atomki.

From Science Daily

A $150,000 investment from the venture capital firm 500 Global’s accelerator program allowed Russell to move operations out of her apartment and into a warehouse.

From Los Angeles Times

Together, iron imbalance, inflammation, and reduced Wnt signaling act as an accelerator for epigenetic drift.

From Science Daily

Unless you stomp on the accelerator, it initially moves out on electric power and the gas engine soon joins in, sending a subtle, snoozy tremor through the structure.

From The Wall Street Journal