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It would appear the G in GPU now stands for AI.
by transcriptase 3y ago
It would appear the G in GPU now stands for AI.
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- zacksiri 3y agoThey might re-purpose the G to Generative Generative Processing Unit works for all cases.
- m3kw9 3y agoWhen AI is in everything, G would become General
- black_puppydog 3y agoTogether with the newly-peripheral PPU (formerly known as CPU)
- m3kw9 3y agoCPU is gonna be the coprocessor when most things are inferenced instead of strictly calculated.
- sesuximo 3y agoApu already taken by aviation tho
- Dalewyn 3y agoAuxiliary Power Unit. Both aviation and computers use them, though the latter more often call them UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply).
- Uvix 3y agoAnd by AMD (Accelerated Processing Unit, their term for CPUs with good integrated graphics like what Xbox and PlayStation consoles use).
- whamlastxmas 3y agoAnd The Simpsons
- k8sToGo 3y agoSo is GPU (Ground power unit)
- adverbly 3y agoI think the fact that people sometimes use the letter g to denote generalized intelligence might be useful here. You could call them gPUs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics)