GPUs, TPUs, and FPGAs: Hardware Accelerators Explained
GPUs, TPUs, and FPGAs: Hardware Accelerators Explained Hardware accelerators are chips built to speed up specific tasks. They work with a traditional CPU to handle heavy workloads more efficiently. In data centers, on the cloud, and at the edge, GPUs, TPUs, and FPGAs are common choices for accelerating machine learning, graphics, and data processing. GPUs have many small cores that run in parallel. This design makes them very good at matrix math, image and video tasks, and training large neural networks. They come with mature software ecosystems, including libraries and tools that help developers optimize performance. The trade‑off is higher power use and a longer setup time for very specialized workloads. ...