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P2P-DMA is making inroads to the linux kernel. Which means software can limit itself to orchestrating transfers between storage, GPUs, accelerators and network
by the8472 7y ago
P2P-DMA is making inroads to the linux kernel. Which means software can limit itself to orchestrating transfers between storage, GPUs, accelerators and network cards and avoid having the data touch system RAM or the CPUs.
- natmaka 7y agoConfining the CPU to the most noble processing, and flanking him with highly-specialized units directly exchanging... isn't it the mainframe all over again?