I wouldn't describe something capable of executing something quite so flexible as shaders/kernels an ASIC. It sounds much closer to a CPU -- designed to execut

I wouldn't describe something capable of executing something quite so flexible as shaders/kernels an ASIC. It sounds much closer to a CPU -- designed to execute nearly arbitrary software. And if we're including chips that execute software as ASICs, then it seems to really water down the term to be meaningless.