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12 years ago, Nvidia cared more about gamers than GPGPU, and 8bit floats were definitely not something anyone optimized for.
by eptcyka 2y ago
12 years ago, Nvidia cared more about gamers than GPGPU, and 8bit floats were definitely not something anyone optimized for.
- Jlagreen 2y agoTotally wrong! Jensen decided to focus on CUDA almost 2 decades ago while Wallstreet called him an idiot back then. 12 years ago, Nvidia started to deliver GPUs for HPC and super computers in research. AlexNet was the special event to transform the company to what it is today.
- manquer 2y agoAnd 6 years ago they cared about crypto miners (whether they wanted to admit public or not). Nvidia really has thick plot armor to be able to ride two massive hype waves.