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GPU (graphics processing unit), is a specialized processor designed to accelerate the process of building images.
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How many "parallel units" does a GPU have?
Because a ppu and a gpu nowadays are basically the same thing, i mean the ppu IS the gpu if we are talking about ati radeon. … Over time the number, type and variety of functional units in the GPU core has changed significantly; before each section in the list there is an explanation as to what functional units are present in …
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Are there any benefits for using the CPU instead of the GPU?
Then is where it comes the magic from the GPU and make all cores execute the program at the same time, making a lot of operations much faster than the linear CPU program could do. … Because the power from the GPU comes from executing the same instruction at the same time (they are SIMD cores), they must be synchronized to be able to take advantage of the chip architecture. …