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If this thing is all about AI why are we calling it a GRAPHICS processing unit still? Don't tell me it's because of familiarity with the word GPU. Nvidia could
by Solvency 3y ago
If this thing is all about AI why are we calling it a GRAPHICS processing unit still?
Don't tell me it's because of familiarity with the word GPU. Nvidia could coin a new acronym and write a PR release and the entire world would circulate it and even discuss it in here and every other vendor would scramble to play catch-up.
- __s 3y agoAlready there's the addition of TPUs, tensor processing units
- Nullabillity 3y agoPresumably they still want something to sell once the bubble pops.
- dotnet00 3y agoThe improvements focus on AI, but it's still a GPGPU oriented chip. Due to how language works, it doesn't really matter that graphics isn't the main focus anymore, the chip still follows the same basic architectural principles as what is expect of a modern GPU, thus it is a GPU.
- whywhywhywhy 3y ago> Don't tell me it's because of familiarity with the word GPU It's because of familiarity with the word GPU...
- dragonwriter 3y ago> If this thing is all about AI why are we calling it a GRAPHICS processing unit still? Because names are sticky, and no one wants to start evangelizing a new term (“Matrix Math Processing Unit”) for it, preferring to put energy into things with value.