Coffee Bytes with The Cloud

🦾 Assemble Your Tech Avengers: CPUs, GPUs & TPUs Unmasked! 🚀

Swami K
2 min readApr 4, 2023

Hey there, fellow tech Avengers! 🦾 Swami here, bringing you a thrilling episode of “Coffee Bytes with The Cloud” ☕. Today, we’re gonna break down CPUs, GPUs, and TPUs like never before. So let’s assemble, shall we?

Unmasking the tech Avengers: CPU🧠, GPU⚡, and TPU🧙‍♂️. Assemble your Processor Dream Team! | @iSwamiK

Unmasking the tech Avengers: CPU🧠, GPU⚡, and TPU🧙‍♂️. Assemble your Processor Dream Team!

So, every computer has a brain, right? It’s called the CPU (central processing unit). It’s like the Iron Man suit, allowing Tony Stark to do all sorts of cool stuff. Sometimes, people call it a processor, microchip, or just a chip. They come in all shapes and sizes, just like our beloved Avengers! 💪

As time went on, CPUs started to hit a wall (thanks, Moore’s Law). So, our friendly neighborhood techies came up with new heroes to save the day. Enter GPUs and TPUs! 🚀

The GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is the Thor of processors — it’s powerful and versatile. Initially designed for graphics, it’s now used in high-end gaming, data science, machine learning, and even bitcoin mining. Mjolnir, anyone? ⚡

The TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) is more like Doctor Strange, mastering the art of deep learning and machine learning tasks. It’s all about that matrix magic, folks! 🧙‍♂️

The key takeaways? Cloud providers rent out these superhero processors (CPUs, GPUs, and TPUs) so you can pick the best one for your mission. Who knows, there might even be more specialized heroes joining the team soon! 🌩️

That’s it for this episode of “Coffee Bytes with The Cloud”! But, before I go, I’d love to know — if you could have any processor superpower, what would it be? Share your thoughts, and let’s keep the conversation going! 🌟

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Swami K
Swami K

Written by Swami K

Senior Director of DevOps & SRE at Kissflow | Integrating Netflix DevOps Culture & Google SRE Practices to Empower Our Engineering Team 🚀🔧

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