How Computer Processors Work

How Computer Processors Work
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The perfect visual metaphor for modern computing doesn't exi—

CPU: One beefy strongman doing all the heavy lifting, tackling complex tasks one at a time. Meanwhile, your GPU is literally a horde of children working together to push an airplane. Perfectly captures why your gaming rig renders beautiful 3D landscapes but chokes when you open Excel.

Seven years of computer science education and this image explains parallel processing better than any textbook I've read. This is why we pay NVIDIA the big bucks.

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