What is Tensor core?

A GPU unit that computes the product and sum of small matrices in one instruction, mainly with low-precision numbers, greatly speeding up AI.

Field: GPU Programming

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  1. What is a characteristic of the tensor cores (matrix units) in recent GPUs?

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