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Why do GPUs and TPUs fit neural network workloads especially well?

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  1. They avoid arithmetic
  2. They accelerate matrix operations
  3. They store unlimited data

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  1. Google Research: Mixed-input matrix multiplication performance optimizations research.google/blog/mixed-input-matrix-multiplication-performance-optimizations Checked 2026-10-10.

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