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graphics processing units (GPUs) give desktop personal computers the same speed that supercomputers had ten years ago Huh? GPUs give our desktops their speed?
by donaq 17y ago
graphics processing units (GPUs) give desktop personal computers the same speed that supercomputers had ten years ago
Huh? GPUs give our desktops their speed? O RLY?
- frisco 17y agoSee: http://www.hardwareinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/gpu_vs_cpu.PNG http://www.hardwareinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/gp... Graphics cards (streaming multiprocessors) are computational beasts.
- donaq 17y agoRegardless, we don't really use them for computation on desktops, right? [Edit] Besides graphics computing, that is.
- frisco 17y agoToday we do increasingly frequently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU#Applications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU#Applications Especially on the Mac, since the vast majority of new Apple machines come with CUDA-capable NVIDIA cards now and developers can expect them. Even so, the article was referring to the fact that you can pack that kind of power in a desktop now, regardless of whether or not the average consumer tends to take advantage of it.