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htuttle

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1. They need to rename 'GPU's

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Fri Dec 22, 2017, 02:12 PM

Dec 2017

So, humans figured out a new use for graphics cards, and now they are used for all sorts of other things.

If you go to Nvidia's homepage for the Titan X, there's not a single mention of 'display monitor' or 'graphics' or anything related to that.

For nostalgia's sake, I'd suggest bringing back the term, "Math Co-Processor".

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Nvidia's hugely powerful $3,000 Titan V PC GPU is fastest ever [View all] steve2470 Dec 2017 OP

They need to rename 'GPU's htuttle Dec 2017 #1

vector matrix multiplication unit just rolls off the tongue. nt. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #2

DOe and IBM are installing these new GPUs in the next three lapfog_1 Dec 2017 #3

True, but Graphics Processing Unit doesn't really capture it either, nowadays htuttle Dec 2017 #4