Types Of Processors

Question 1

What situation would call for a GPU to be used?

Answer 1

Any situation requiring processing thousands or even millions of simple calculations over and over on multiple points of data.

Question 2

Examples of uses of GPUs other then graphics.

Answer 2

• Weather modelling
• Machine learning
• Statistical analysis
• Stock option predictions

Question 3

What is a Multicore processor?

Answer 3

A single chip containing two or more independent processing units.

Question 4

What is parallel processing?

Answer 4

The processing of program instructions by dividing them between multiple processes or process cores.