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		low_tech_love on Jan 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AresDB: Uber’s GPU-Powered Open-Source, Real-Time ... Cool, another GPU application that has nothing to do with graphics; isn’t it time we start building new hardware for these things?

johnhenry on Jan 30, 2019 [–]

It turns out that "graphics processing units" are good for more applications than just processing "graphics"... perhaps it would make sense to rename them something more inclusive?

elephantum on Jan 30, 2019 | [–]

Like Tensor Processing Units?

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