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0 pointsladberg5y ago0 comments

And Nvidia's GPUs now include the same type of hardware that TPUs have, so there's no reason to believe that TPUs will win out over GPUs.

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sillysaurusx5y ago

The key difference between a TPU and a GPU is that a TPU has a CPU. It's an entire computer, not just a piece of hardware. Is nVidia moving in that direction?

newsclues5y ago

They just bought ARM for 40$billion. I think they want to integrate CPU,GPU and high speed networks

dikei5y ago

In term of cutting edge tech, They have their own GPUs, CPUs from ARM, Networking from Mellanox, so I'd say they're pretty much set to build a kick ass TPU.

shaklee35y ago

A TPU is a chip you cannot program. It's purpose built and can't run the fraction of the type of workloads that a GPU can.

sillysaurusx5y ago

I don't know where all of this misinformation is coming from or why, but, as someone who has spent the last year programming TPUs to do all kinds of things that a GPU can't do, this isn't true.

Are we going to simply say "Nu uh" at each other, or do you want to throw down some specific examples so I can show you how mistaken they are?

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sillysaurusx5y ago

The key difference between a TPU and a GPU is that a TPU has a CPU. It's an entire computer, not just a piece of hardware. Is nVidia moving in that direction?

newsclues5y ago

They just bought ARM for 40$billion. I think they want to integrate CPU,GPU and high speed networks

dikei5y ago

In term of cutting edge tech, They have their own GPUs, CPUs from ARM, Networking from Mellanox, so I'd say they're pretty much set to build a kick ass TPU.

shaklee35y ago

A TPU is a chip you cannot program. It's purpose built and can't run the fraction of the type of workloads that a GPU can.

sillysaurusx5y ago

I don't know where all of this misinformation is coming from or why, but, as someone who has spent the last year programming TPUs to do all kinds of things that a GPU can't do, this isn't true.

Are we going to simply say "Nu uh" at each other, or do you want to throw down some specific examples so I can show you how mistaken they are?

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