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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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The accelerator chips from the likes of SpaceX or Alphabet are designed to perform specific tasks with high efficiency, in addition to the computing that Nvidia chips can handle.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Analysis showed he touched the accelerator just before the impact.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

In October, the company announced two chip-based accelerator cards and data-center racks as part of a plan to release multiple generations of AI inference offerings for data centers on an annual cadence.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

The team produced the arsenic-73 using FRIB's ReA accelerator, which they operated in a standalone configuration rather than relying on the main linear accelerator.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Then she was running all out toward the car, and I had a foot on the accelerator and a foot on the brake, and the Chrysler felt at that moment like a Thoroughbred racehorse.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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