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minus-square@DavidGarcia@feddit.nllinkfedilink17•4 days agoHow long until CPUs and GPUs just merge into one thing
minus-square@wewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-23 days agoNot OP, but I doubt that’s what he meant. An APU still has a CPU and a GPU on it as separate things.
minus-square@wewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 days agoProbably never. Those 2048 cores are all separate threads. GPUs work with a cluster of cores all following a single thread of execution. MIMD Vs SIMD.
How long until CPUs and GPUs just merge into one thing
You mean like an APU?
Not OP, but I doubt that’s what he meant. An APU still has a CPU and a GPU on it as separate things.
Probably never. Those 2048 cores are all separate threads. GPUs work with a cluster of cores all following a single thread of execution.
MIMD Vs SIMD.