Back in 2000, Ian Buck and a small computer graphics team at Stanford University were watching the steady evolution of computer graphics processors for gaming and thinking about how such devices could ...

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...

GPU stands for graphics processing unit, but these tiny chips can be used for much more than just graphics. Google is using GPUs to model the human brain, and Salesforce leans on them as a way of ...

As the name Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) suggests, GPU processors are designed for image and video processing on computers–but they’re also optimized for extremely fast, highly parallel computation ...

The answer is GPU, which stands for “Graphics Processing Unit.” It is a kind of specialized hardware designed to deliver massive computational power. Through GPUs, we are able to power ChatGPT, build ...

AMD has released a version 6.2 of its ROCm software stack for GPU programming. Global AI GPU Product Marketing Manager Ronak Shah wrote a blog in support of the announcement: Whether you’re working on ...

Today's programmable GPUs are the latest instantiation of programmable accelerators. Going back to the 1970s, the Floating Point Systems AP-120 and FPS-164 attached processors provided mainframe ...

promising power of GPUs with MATLAB. GPUArrays and GPU-enabled MATLAB functions help you speed up MATLAB operations without low-level CUDA programming. If you are already familiar with programming for ...

So you’ve got this big, powerful video card stuck to your computer, just sitting there on idle unless you’re playing a game or rendering something. Why not put it to work? Nvidia has made it possible ...

While the rumored delay of the iPhone SDK may push its release date back another week or two, antsy Mac developers have the chance to fool around with another new toolkit and SDK thanks to graphics ...