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CPU and GPU

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CPU and GPU

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So you may be thinking, what is the difference between CPU and GPU? Let's talk about that. And I prefer to explain things through analogies. So let's talk about a simple analogy so that it would bring the concept home. Consider you have to travel. There are two aspects. If I'm talking about air travel, you could have a private jet, or you could take a commercial flight, right? Both will be able to fly you from point A to point B. Now, there are different aspects of using a private jet or using a commercial flight. Let's talk about that. First thing, when I talk about a private jet, it would have seats, which will be few, spacious and luxurious. Whereas I'm talking about a commercial flight, it would have many seats, not very fancy, very simple one, not leather cladded, and it would be having a packed arrangement of seats. Seats, as you could see, business class, maybe a little more legroom, but economic class, you would have cramped seats there. So there are seats of a private jet are…

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