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gpu [9cbc01a3]

Tags: computers

1. History of NVIDIA GPU's

  • Until 2006 GPU design was correlated to the logical stages of the rendering API

    • DirectX pipeline made this untable

  • Stream Multiprocessor replaces this with Tesla release

    • Could run vertex, fragement, and geometry kernels without distinction
  • Ideas of a "farm" with a master renderer
  • CUDA introduced as a superset of C99

  • Turing release gave dedicated cores for AI and ray tracing

    • Very reminiscent of pre-2006

2. IPUs