But how do GPUs actually work?

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What do bitcoin mining and training AI models have in common? GPUs, also known as Graphical Processing Units. You know what GPUs can be used for, but how do GPUs actually work?

In this video, we will explore various topics, such as the different types of parallelism, DAXPY loops, how GPUs execute instructions concurrently, how GPUs deal with stalls, and top it off with Flynn’s Taxonomy.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
0:21 - What are CPUs?
0:40 - How do CPUs work?
1:27 - How are GPUs different?
2:26 - GPU DAXPY execution example
3:49 - Branching in GPUs
5:44 - What if instructions stall?
7:00 - Flynn’s taxonomy

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