GPUs Flashcards
1
Q
What does GPU stand for?
A
Graphical Processing Unit
2
Q
What is a GPU?
A
a special type of processing chip originally designed for displaying high quality graphics
is a co-processor
a SIMD
3
Q
What is a co-processor?
A
processing units that support the main CPU to improve performance
4
Q
Structure of a GPU
A
have a large number ALUs which means they can process a set of instructions on a lot of data in parallel
this means more instructions completed in ame amount of time improving performance of computer
5
Q
What does SIMD?
A
Single Instruction Multiple Data
6
Q
What does MIMD?
A
Multiple Instruction Multiple Data
7
Q
Other uses of the GPU
A
doesn’t rely on data representing graphics
data analysis
forecasting
simulations
complex maths calculations
