How AI Actually Works (Under the Hood)
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Why GPUs Run AI: The Hardware Behind the Magic
Quick Summary
Graphics processing units, or GPUs, can perform many similar calculations in parallel. That makes them well suited to the matrix operations used throughout neural-network training and inference.
What you will learn
- Explain why parallel computation benefits AI workloads
- Distinguish training from inference
- Connect hardware choices to cost, speed, and capacity
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