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minus-squareDavidGarcia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoHow long until CPUs and GPUs just merge into one thing
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months 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.
minus-squareStrit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoYou mean like an APU?
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months agoNot OP, but I doubt that’s what he meant. An APU still has a CPU and a GPU on it as separate things.
How long until CPUs and GPUs just merge into one thing
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.
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.