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>GPU is still almost universally used to mean graphics processing unit. No, GPU is almost universally used to mean GPU. There is nothing graphical about crypto
by Dalewyn 2y ago
>GPU is still almost universally used to mean graphics processing unit.
No, GPU is almost universally used to mean GPU. There is nothing graphical about cryptocurrency, "AI" (sans image generation), protein crunching, and whatever else they are being used for that aren't graphical.
I question how many people are even aware the G is supposed to stand for Graphics anymore. The nomenclature is outdated and doesn't reflect reality anymore.
- smcin 2y ago> I question how many people are even aware the G is supposed to stand for Graphics anymore. Most people aren't aware, because the industry never called attention to the morphng definition of GPU. At that, CPUs aren't Central (for large-scale array-oriented computing workloads) anymore either. (They still are for enterprise or web workloads. Or, they're "Central" in terms of coordinating GPUs and moving data around. But no longer "Central" in terms of "does most of the computing".)