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It's amazing how long Nvidia's plan to turn the GPU into a multi-purpose CPU that can crunch more than just frames in video games, has been going on for. Especi

• david-gpu 3y ago
  > A great example of long term strategic thinking, execution and commitment, that's quite rare in tech today. People were already using GPUs to solve more general problems than real-time graphics. In particular, folks like Mike Houston or Aaron Lefohn (both now at NVidia) worked to formalize the sorts of computations that could efficiently be mapped onto the limited hardware that existed at the time. NVidia's management did see that opportunity to expand to the HPC market and spent a good chunk of money for years to become a real contender in that space. Something I loved about working there was laser focus on one product and finding ways to deliver value to their customers with that one product. It was a very different paradigm from working on SoC (system on a chip) devices like cell phones, where many teams competed to gain silicon area in the chip.