Double-precision CPUs vs. Single-precision GPUs; HPL vs. HPL-AI HPC Benchmarks; Traditional vs. AI Supercomputers

If you've wondered why GPUs are faster than CPUs, in part it's because they're asked to do less - or, to be more precise, to be less precise. Next question: So if GPUs are faster than CPUs, why aren't GPUs the mainstream, baseline processor used in HPC server clusters? Again, in part it gets back [...]

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