Mostak in 2017: GPUs will dominate computing over the next decade
Todd Mostak · The Power of GPU Analytics // Todd Mostak, MapD (FirstMark's Data Driven) · Apr 6, 2017 · at 13:38
Todd Mostak, founder and CEO of MapD, presents his closing vision on GPU hardware acceleration for analytics at FirstMark's Data Driven NYC event.
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“We're at an inflection point where the growth in data is outpacing the growth in compute, and I believe, I strongly believe, I'm a little biased, but, ah, that GPUs are set to kind of become a dominant force in compute over the coming decade. Ah, they already are for things like machine learning, but I think across the analytic stack you're gonna see them become ubiquitous.”
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