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		bouncycastle on May 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 ... GPUs by definition are not general purpose computers. Remember the G in GPU stands for Graphics, not General.

jagger27 on May 19, 2021 | [–]

That hasn't been true in a very long time. You can run arbitrary code on a GPU.

JimBeans2131 on May 19, 2021 | | [–]

Yes you can run arbitrary code extremely inefficiently, which reinforces the point they are not general purpose by definition.

8note on May 19, 2021 | [–]

Doesn't the G in GPU stand for Crypto now?

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