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See: 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 (s

by frisco 17y ago

See: 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 ago
Regardless, we don't really use them for computation on desktops, right? [Edit] Besides graphics computing, that is.
- frisco 17y ago
  Today 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.