top | item 43914855 (no title) mazurnification | 9 months ago Does GPU thingy count as something that has changed with computing? discuss order hn newest adolph|9 months ago It may go on to be as important as the FPU [0]. Amazingly enough you can still get one for a Classic II [1].0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_unit1. https://www.tindie.com/products/jurassicomp/68882-fpu-card-f... timschmidt|9 months ago Yeah, I almost called that out. Probably should have. GPU/NPU feels new (at least for us folks who could never afford a Cray). Probably the biggest change in the last 20 years, especially if you classify it with other multi-core development.
adolph|9 months ago It may go on to be as important as the FPU [0]. Amazingly enough you can still get one for a Classic II [1].0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_unit1. https://www.tindie.com/products/jurassicomp/68882-fpu-card-f...
timschmidt|9 months ago Yeah, I almost called that out. Probably should have. GPU/NPU feels new (at least for us folks who could never afford a Cray). Probably the biggest change in the last 20 years, especially if you classify it with other multi-core development.
adolph|9 months ago
0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_unit
1. https://www.tindie.com/products/jurassicomp/68882-fpu-card-f...
timschmidt|9 months ago