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Why do people use GPUs for high-performance computation instead of a more specialized chip?

gpu gpgpu asked Jun 5 '18 at 3:06
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When was the first electrical intra-battlefield communication?

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Does The Battle of Five Armies deliberately quote The Two Towers?

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Best estimate using Cauchy integral formula: why is a circle the optimal path?

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Why are there so many species of bats?

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Possible bug involving derivative of BesselI

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What level should a spell that lets a character briefly attune to an extra item be?

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Countable Matrix Representation

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An algorithm for filling a moving truck

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How far can I extend a geodesic and still have it be a shortest path?

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Top Answers
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Why is the number of integers between $2$ integers not their difference?
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Is basis change ever useful in practical linear algebra?
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Expected damage of a moonblade with N runes?
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What is a differential form?
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Is there an “intrinsic” difference between a plane and a cylinder?
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Different arrows in set theory: $\rightarrow$ and $\mapsto$
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Is a ring a set?
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Why is cardinality of set of even numbers = set of whole numbers?
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Is there a sequence with an uncountable number of accumulation points?
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Function that decays faster than any polynomial, but not in the Schwartz space?
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Shortest path between two points on a surface
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Is there something between summation and integration?
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Space which is connected but not path-connected
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Is a continuous function plus a discontinuous function discontinuous?
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What is the use of Calculus?
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e and its applications
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Discussing the Integral of $\exp(-x^n)$
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Difference between limsup and sup
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How many parametrisations are needed to cover a sphere?
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Easy math proofs or visual examples to make high school students enthusiastic about math
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Are there more transcendental numbers or irrational numbers that are not transcendental?
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Why doesn't the trigonometric Equation $\sin (x) \sin (2x) \sin(3x)=1$ have real solutions
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Is my current understanding of the fundamental of calculus correct?
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Elementary topology examples
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What happens if I repeatedly alternately normalize the rows and columns of a matrix?
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Meaning of the term “topologically mixing”
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Choosing randomly integers from $1$ to $10$
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Series of binomial coefficients: $\sum\limits_{n=k}^{\infty}{\binom nk}x^n=\frac{x^k}{(1-x)^{k+1}}$
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Are there fewer positive integers than all integers?
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If $x \in [0,3]$ and $y \in [0,4]$, what is the probability of $x < y$?
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