Will GPGPUs (compute cards) ever replace x86_64 do desktop use?
No.
gpgpus don't implement precise exceptions, so they will never replace microprocessors.
however, we will probably have better software in the future that offloads some computations from cpu to gpu, and not just specialized science/engineering stuff.
not but RISC-V will
>>61188794
>RISC-V
it won't make a difference, manufacturers will still conspire to insert hardware backdoors.
i am praying for a breakthrough in materials science and industrial engineering. If someone develops a machine that fits in a room and sells for somewhere in the five figures, people will be able to design and fabricate their own processors, rendering the entire "hardware backdoor" discussion moot.
>>61188690
No, GPUs are made for specific calculations, while CPUs are general-purpose
>>61188887
Want your own cpu? Build it inside a fpga, dickhead.
>>61189211
fpgas that could run a modern Ghz-scale processor are prohibitively expensive.
Imagine if you could get a mini-chip-fab for that price
>>61189257
It would still be expensive, and almost no one would do it since they can get a finished product cheaper from someone else.
>>61188690
no because they're shit at braching
No.
GPUs are amazing for work work done in parallel.
Your typical work done on your CPU is not that and so doing it on a GPU would be much slower.
GPUs are made for graphics rendering, they just happen to be good at a few very specific tasks as well outside of graphics and thats about it.
It simply can't be helped. By 2020 all CPU will be deprecated.
>>61188690
No, slow GPU can't replace fast CPU but GPU can be replaced by MPP(A) in future.
>>61189257
You don't need to run it at real time speed