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> GPUs will never be general purpose Well in that sense, neither will CPUs. Just like GPUs, some workloads are better left to other kinds of hardware.
by loup-vaillant 18d ago
> GPUs will never be general purpose
Well in that sense, neither will CPUs. Just like GPUs, some workloads are better left to other kinds of hardware.
- mathisfun123 18d agoi really don't think you know what you're talking about. this isn't about better or worse. there are many many many workloads a GPU cannot at all implement (hint: anything with branches).
- loup-vaillant 17d agoAnything with branches cannot execute at all on a GPU? You sure about that? https://developer.nvidia.com/gpugems/gpugems2/part-iv-general-purpose-computation-gpus-primer/chapter-34-gpu-flow-control-idioms https://developer.nvidia.com/gpugems/gpugems2/part-iv-genera...