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minus-squareDavidGarcia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 month agoHow long until CPUs and GPUs just merge into one thing
minus-squareStrit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoYou mean like an APU?
minus-squarewewbulllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month 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-squarewewbulllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month 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.