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CUDA opens GPUs to general-purpose computing
From The Global AI Chip War: GPUs, Foundries and the Race for Computing Power
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CUDA opens GPUs to general-purpose computing
Nvidia introduced a programming platform that let developers use GPU parallelism for work beyond graphics.
CUDA turned the GPU into a programmable accelerator and built a software ecosystem around Nvidia hardware. That ecosystem later became a major competitive advantage in scientific computing and deep learning, where software compatibility can matter as much as peak chip performance.Sources & references 1 source
