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If GPUs Are So Good, Why Do We Still Use CPUs at All?

There’s this old video from 2009 that’s been going viral on Twitter recently.

In contrast, GPU cores are like a hundred line cooks who excel at repetitive tasks - they can chop vegetables at lightning speed, but they can't effectively run the whole kitchen. Modern computers face a constant stream of unpredictable events: apps starting and stopping, network connections dropping, files being accessed, and users clicking randomly across the screen. It can instantly switch from helping Chrome render a webpage to processing a Zoom video call to handling a new USB device connection - all while keeping track of system resources and ensuring every application gets its fair share of attention.

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