by b33f 4 hours ago
Why are they not using GPUs? is it use cases that don't suit GPUs or because of the limitations they are imposing on themselves to use SMIC domestic chips?
I suspect Chinese GPUs (e.g. Biren) are not mature.
GPUs are for graphics (the G in GPU). These systems are used for more general computations.
I’m not sure if I’m missing a joke, but that’s why we have general purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) which is why 8/10 of the top 10 machines have GPUs.