Hi all,
I am afraid my question might be taken as a stupid one, but I did my best to find an answer on all search engines and find nothing relevant.
My question is about FPU (floating point unit). Since early 90's FPU (math coprocessor) is integrated in the CPU.
Although new APUs (A4 ~ A10) have integrated GPU into the CPU, but the integrated GPUs aren't as strong as are the Graphic Cards (GPUs). I suppose the same for FPU.
Is there any FPU enhancement available for today's CPUs (similar to PCI-e Graphic Cards e.g. Nvidia/Radeon) ??
Since I work mostly with numeric computations, I am fed up of the CPU time for the calculations, (I have FX 6300 at home, and Xeon 5450 at workplace).
I have seen the specification of Xeon Phi, and Xeon E series, but they are extremely expensive, I am looking for cheaper alternatives (e.g. FPU card that can be simply plugged in a PCI-e).
I am afraid my question might be taken as a stupid one, but I did my best to find an answer on all search engines and find nothing relevant.
My question is about FPU (floating point unit). Since early 90's FPU (math coprocessor) is integrated in the CPU.
Although new APUs (A4 ~ A10) have integrated GPU into the CPU, but the integrated GPUs aren't as strong as are the Graphic Cards (GPUs). I suppose the same for FPU.
Is there any FPU enhancement available for today's CPUs (similar to PCI-e Graphic Cards e.g. Nvidia/Radeon) ??
Since I work mostly with numeric computations, I am fed up of the CPU time for the calculations, (I have FX 6300 at home, and Xeon 5450 at workplace).
I have seen the specification of Xeon Phi, and Xeon E series, but they are extremely expensive, I am looking for cheaper alternatives (e.g. FPU card that can be simply plugged in a PCI-e).