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Engineer 'builds a GPU from scratch' in two weeks

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Re: Engineer 'builds a GPU from scratch' in two weeks

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Post by mdp2021 »

jeltz wrote: post #18
Dalewyn wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Downvotes mean little, arguably even moreso than Reddit. I've noticed I've garnered a dedicated downvote squad who tend to make the rounds once or twice a day. But that aside: Surely you've heard of GPGPU (General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit), a term I again call bloody stupid. Just call it a General Processing Unit in that case. More recently, the amount of money changing hands in furious bids for more Generati…

This was a correct use of downvotes. You posted something as truth that you seemingly just made up.

Dalewyn simply posted a substantial truth in imprecise terms. Some interpreted it fixated with its literality - which was irrelevant.

A search for the use of 'Generative Processing Unit' can reveal that the expression may be far from widespread. Nonetheless, GPUs today are importantly that. Explicit adoption of that expression matters little in this context - it is not the point. In fact, I initially misread the text in the post as "General Processing Unit", and it still made sense.

Re: Engineer 'builds a GPU from scratch' in two weeks

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Post by rfrey »

Dalewyn wrote: post #6
kimixa wrote: post #4

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I know it (the A100) at least has the texture pipeline too, so it's certainly got more "Graphics" optimized parts than this. Really nomenclature is a mess, everyone hops on the next big term until you're not sure what it means anymore.

GPU as a term lost meaning when it changed to Generative Processing Unit from General Processing Unit some time in the last couple years. And no, GPGPU is a bloody stupid term.

Feel free to link to one academic paper or news article that uses this term. Google couldn't find one, perhaps you can.

Re: Engineer 'builds a GPU from scratch' in two weeks

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Post by Dalewyn »

piva00 wrote: post #20
Dalewyn wrote: post #19

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The "truth", for what that's worth, is that GPUs haven't been about graphics as a primary concern for quite a while now and the terminology hasn't kept pace. Besides, we're apparently here talking about GPUs that can't do graphics.

I think the confusion is between the nature of the acronyms, GPUs are Graphic Processing Units as a hardware concept, GPGPU is a software concept to use GPUs for general processing.

If the primary use case of Graphics Processing Units no longer concern graphics per se, would it not be prudent to rename them to something more appropriate?

Personally, if we could use a new acronym all together I would prefer to just call them PPUs: Parallel Processing Units. That way we won't ever have to rename them ever again as the sands of time shift onwards.

Re: Engineer 'builds a GPU from scratch' in two weeks

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Post by mdp2021 »

mdp2021 wrote: post #21
jeltz wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This was a correct use of downvotes. You posted something as truth that you seemingly just made up.

Dalewyn simply posted a substantial truth in imprecise terms. Some interpreted it fixated with its literality - which was irrelevant. A search for the use of 'Generative Processing Unit' can reveal that the expression may be far from widespread. Nonetheless, GPUs today are importantly that. Explicit adoption of that expression matters little in this context - it is not the point. In fact, I initially misread the text…

...Usual exhausting snipers. No wonder the whole world is going to hell. Is any relevant vandal also thinking of a reply? Because the impression left is that you have something like "feelings to express". Which remains as collectively constructive as performance dance in your closet.

Re: Engineer 'builds a GPU from scratch' in two weeks

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Post by jjtheblunt »

KeplerBoy wrote: post #15
jjtheblunt wrote: post #12

tangentially, TIL that VS Code has Verilog extensions: https://kagi.com/search?q=verilog+vs+code

Is this a plug for kagi? People who don't use kagi can't see the results. Just link to the extensions.

Oh, nope, didn’t realize it was like that. Thanks for catching that.

Just the search terms suffice, too late to edit though so response here

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