> GPU microarchitectures are all about being a reflection of the hardware, amortizing a lot of traditional CPU components across as many threads as you can...

> GPU microarchitectures are all about being a reflection of the hardware, amortizing a lot of traditional CPU components across as many threads as you can... Is that so bad? I would think the point of the project is to demonstrate proof of principle, not to actually build something usable. So efficiency would be pretty low on the list of priorities.