Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can’t just send to a display?
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The CPU is a mathematician that sits in the attic working on a new theory.
The GPU is hundreds of thousands of 2nd graders working on 1+1 math all at the same time.
These days, the CPU is now more like 8 mathematicians sitting in the attic but you get the point.
They’re both suited for different jobs.
The CPU _could_ update the picture that you see on the display, but that’s grunt work.
Edit: I don’t mean the cores in a GPU are stupid, but their instruction set isn’t as complex & versatile as a CPU’s which is what I meant.
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