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htuttle

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4. True, but Graphics Processing Unit doesn't really capture it either, nowadays

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 22, 2017, 11:23 PM

Dec 2017

It's like referring to a rocket as an 'Up Goer'. I'm liking Vector Matrix Multiplication Unit, more and more.

"VMMU" rolls off the tongue just as easily as 'GPU'.

Then we can get back to rating 'video cards' by their RAM, as the Gods intended.

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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