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Pardon my ignorance on this matter but if the processing unit isn’t displaying graphics shouldn’t it just be referred to as a cpu?
by 0x445442 3y ago
Pardon my ignorance on this matter but if the processing unit isn’t displaying graphics shouldn’t it just be referred to as a cpu?
- mgraczyk 3y agoNo, "GPU" is a specific piece of hardware. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit
- 0x445442 3y agoRight, but what graphics are they processing in a serverless context or when it’s mining bitcoin?
- mgraczyk 3y agoNone, "GPU" is a word with a distinct meaning from "unit that processes graphics"
- pdntspa 3y agoThe math is similar so GPUs have been hijacked by AI nerds Gamers everywhere are pissed that GPUs are so expensive now.
- varelse 3y ago[dead]
- DonHopkins 3y agoThey're making the line go up when they're mining bitcoin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g
- suprfsat 3y agoIf a CPU isn't "central" to much of anything shouldn't it just be referred to as a PU?
- 0x445442 3y agoGood question.
- etaioinshrdlu 3y agoIt's kind of true, if GPUs were released today they would probably be called something like Parallel Processing Units.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Pardon my ignorance on this matter but if the processing unit isn’t displaying graphics shouldn’t it just be referred to as a cpu? No, i mean, its an auxiliary processor (there is a CPU, and this isn’t it) doing floating point math, so I guess you could call it either a math coprocessor or an FPU, but... we that’s somewhat confusing for historical reasons.