Chips with collaborating CPU and GPU lead to faster processors
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A new technique that allows CPUs and GPUs to collaborate on computing tasks has resulted in improved processor performance (Photo via Shutterstock)
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Want to get your computer to run faster? Well, consider its graphics processing unit (GPU) and central processing unit (CPU). The two work away at their own tasks, each one rarely helping the other shoulder its workload. Researchers from North Carolina State University, however, are in the process of changing that. They have already developed a technique that allows GPUs and CPUs located on a single chip to collaborate on tasks, and it has resulted in a processing speed increase of over 20 percent.
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