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> GPU technology has advanced significantly over the years, making it a perfect fit for real-time computation and data processing in parallel. I wouldn’t call
by davidhyde 8y ago
> GPU technology has advanced significantly over the years, making it a perfect fit for real-time computation and data processing in parallel.
I wouldn’t call GPUs perfect for performing analytics functions. It can be painful to force your data processing algorithms through shaders. What GPUs are is cheap in terms of dollar cost per flop and power consumption.
- nostrademons 8y agoPresumably they write the algorithm-to-shading munging once, in the query engine, and then clients of the database don't have to worry about it at all. It looks like they didn't even write it, outsourcing it to Nvidia Thrust.