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I've seen references to using the graphics processing unit (GPU) of computers instead of the CPU for scientific / general purpose computing:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci....46d5c5e04deeb3?lnk=gst&q=GPU#0c46d5c5e04deeb3
but can't quite grasp the reason for the excitement. Are GPU's faster than CPU's? Can someone explain?
http://groups.google.com/group/sci....46d5c5e04deeb3?lnk=gst&q=GPU#0c46d5c5e04deeb3
but can't quite grasp the reason for the excitement. Are GPU's faster than CPU's? Can someone explain?