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Re:Tenstorrent unveils Grayskull, its RISC-V answer to GPUs by karmakaze on Sunday March 10, 2024 @12:37PM (#39660484)
GPGPU is a thing.
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Re:Tenstorrent unveils Grayskull, its RISC-V answer to GPUs by aleph_minus_one on Sunday March 10, 2024 @01:44PM (#39660974)
> GPGPU is a thing.

Indeed.

GPGPU means "using a GPU for things that are General Purpose (GPGPU)". The aforementioned IC is not a GPU that is used for general-purpose computations, but a specialized chip for AI computations.

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Re:Tenstorrent unveils Grayskull, its RISC-V answer to GPUs by Almondsetat on Sunday March 10, 2024 @01:51PM (#39661038)
Isn't a GPGPU just a PPU?
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