A Full Hardware Guide to Deep Learning

Re:A Full Hardware Guide to Deep Learning by bogomipz on Sunday December 23, 2018 @03:02PM (#18747995)

The author states:

>"... the choice of your GPU is probably the most critical choice for your deep learning system."

Could someone say what is it about the deep learning workload that makes a GPU such a good fit?

Might anyone have some links or literature on this subject?

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Re:A Full Hardware Guide to Deep Learning by timdettmers on Sunday December 23, 2018 @03:21PM (#18748109)

Please see my detailed answer on this question that you can find on quora: https://www.quora.com/Why-are-GPUs-well-suited-to-deep-learn...

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Re:A Full Hardware Guide to Deep Learning by modwilliam on Sunday December 23, 2018 @03:13PM (#18748063)

"Basic" math operations like matrix multiplication being needed to done in massive quantities in parallel

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