Whats a better name for 'graphics cards' that describes the kind of computational work it does
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I now do some work with computers that involves making graphics cards do computational work on a headless server. The computational work it does has nothing to do with graphics.
The name is more for consumers based off the most common use for graphics cards and why they were first made in the 90s but now they're used for all sorts of computational workloads. So what are some more fitting names for the part?
I now think of them as 'computation engines' analagous to a old car engine. Its where the computational horsepower is really generated. But how would ram make sense in this analogy?
Strategic Computational Retro Offboard Turbo Encabulator
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I now do some work with computers that involves making graphics cards do computational work on a headless server. The computational work it does has nothing to do with graphics.
The name is more for consumers based off the most common use for graphics cards and why they were first made in the 90s but now they're used for all sorts of computational workloads. So what are some more fitting names for the part?
I now think of them as 'computation engines' analagous to a old car engine. Its where the computational horsepower is really generated. But how would ram make sense in this analogy?
The computer that you stick into your other computer.
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I now do some work with computers that involves making graphics cards do computational work on a headless server. The computational work it does has nothing to do with graphics.
The name is more for consumers based off the most common use for graphics cards and why they were first made in the 90s but now they're used for all sorts of computational workloads. So what are some more fitting names for the part?
I now think of them as 'computation engines' analagous to a old car engine. Its where the computational horsepower is really generated. But how would ram make sense in this analogy?
Triangle Vomitorium.
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Parallel Processing Unit: PPU
heh, you said "PP".
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I'm old enough to remember when these were called 'Accelerator Cards'.
How are your knees and back treating you, fellow old person?
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How are your knees and back treating you, fellow old person?
My knees and back are fine
My wrists and fingers are war veterans
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Triangle Vomitorium.
Coincidentally the same name as my geometry themed experimental grunge rock band
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Parallel Processing Unit: PPU
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Nintendo called the 2d graphics chips on the NES and SNES the "PPU" (picture processing unit)
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Anyone got a dummy explanation on cpu v GPU?
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The computer that you stick into your other computer.
Computer 2
