Engineer 'builds a GPU from scratch' in two weeks

[kimixa]

Isn't a GPU with no rasterization or texture hardware a DSP?

[weebull]

Not a GPU for sure. Not really a DSP either.

I would call it an array processor.

[kevingadd]

Yeah, this is a "GPU" in the sense that it resembles modern GPUs with the graphics parts sliced off. So it's an understandable shorthand to use, but it is a bit misleading.

Terminology on this is confusing - NVIDIA calls their A100 a "GPU" for example but I can't tell if any of the graphics bits like samplers and ROPs are even in that thing - though I did learn it has a hardware JPEG decoder.

[DeathArrow]

This reminds me of the software engineer who built his own GPU: https://www.furygpu.com/about

[anandvc]

I have met this guy, Adam, in person at Founders Inc. He's super smart!

[jjtheblunt]

tangentially, TIL that VS Code has Verilog extensions:

https://kagi.com/search?q=verilog+vs+code

[KeplerBoy]

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

[orangesite]

Super useful work. Thank you!