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Question: What is the viability of using a GPU for plugin processing? Could it be similar to using a dedicated DSP unit?
Asked by Someone (45.149.173.x) on June 9 2022, 10:52pm
Reply on June 10 2022, 3:21am (edited at June 10 2022, 3:22am):
    Latency to/from the GPU isn't ideal, so you'd need a ton of cooperation of both hosts and plug-ins to make it work, but it's sort of moot because CPUs have plenty of power.

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  • Posted by Gio (94.70.23.x) on June 10 2022, 9:17am:
    Also, moving data in GPU is easy, getting data out from GPU not so easy

  • Posted by Justin on June 10 2022, 3:25pm:
    Yeah, you'd need to keep it in the GPU as much as possible, copying back/forth would be bad.

  • Posted by Ian the The (165.225.94.x) on June 14 2022, 12:22pm:
    GPU direct storage will change the equation then?

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