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I don't think a GPU is significantly faster than a CPU, it's just highly parallelized. Many FPGAs are similar, but it's hard to generalize that space. FPGAs and
by Bognar 11y ago
I don't think a GPU is significantly faster than a CPU, it's just highly parallelized. Many FPGAs are similar, but it's hard to generalize that space. FPGAs and ASICs are also usually designed with a specific task in mind and are not suitable for general computing.
- sriku 11y agoThat line of reasoning would take the shape of a "no true scotsman". As long as we're talking about alternative hardware architectures that can enable computation speeds otherwise not possible, we ought to include parallel computers, GPUs, FPGAs in the mix. The connection machine doesn't count? Why exclude FPGAs? As long as I can have a program that will reprogram an auxiliary FPGA to do what I want more efficiently, it counts as an alternative processor with a potentially odd architecture where a gate acts as a switch in one program and works as a memory bit in another. They are named "programmable" for a reason.