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Re:A primer on GPUs and kernel optimization by saagarjha on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:04PM (#50434738)
> On the H200s used for most of this work, the GPU's main memory is HBM, or high-bandwidth memory. Ironically, this is the slowest memory on the chip.

Nit: HBM is off chip, unlike shared memory and registers

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Re:A primer on GPUs and kernel optimization by nomi_uw on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:04PM (#50443113)
Will update, thanks for pointing out.
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