Yes, That's The Gpu. Where's The Cpu? Will computers of the future need a CPU?

[k_nitin_r 8]

Hi!If you go back in modern desktop computing history, you would notice that a lot of processors that were present in the computer were eventually turned into software and had their processing handled by the CPU. The modem, for example, has its own processor but that eventually turned into a 'soft-modem' which has its processing handled by the computer's CPU. However, the graphics processor doesn't seem to have gone the way of the other processors. Sure, there are computers with integrated graphics as well as dedicated graphics adapters, but that did not wipe out the dedicated graphics solutions. Dedicated graphic processors are becoming increasingly more common in notebook computers and the only area where integrated graphics does perform better is when comparing battery life.NVidia does seem to want to change that - they intend to eliminate the need to have two kinds of processors. In fact, they intend to get rid of the CPU and have the computer run on a graphic processor alone! NVidia seems to be devising the means to get the graphics processor to handle serial processing and switch back to parallel processing of data, as required by graphics processing operations. Don't expect to run Windows on a graphics processor anytime soon though - for that to happen, the graphics processor would have to support the same instruction set as a CPU and that could be a hassle. NVidia can bet Intel isn't going to sit still while NVidia takes an aim at its core processor business - they will continue to offer faster and more energy efficient processors with the competition closing in at their heels with alternate solutions, such as the ARM processors and the graphic processors.