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Uncommon card · Science
Hardware acceleration, an Uncommon card
Hardware acceleration is the use of computer hardware, known as a hardware accelerator, to perform specific functions faster than can be done by software running on a general-purpose central processing unit.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 29,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Any transformation of data that can be calculated by software running on a CPU can also be calculated by an appropriate hardware accelerator, or by a combination of both.
- To perform computing tasks more efficiently, generally one can invest time and money in improving the software, improving the hardware, or both.
- There are various approaches with advantages and disadvantages in terms of decreased latency, increased throughput, and reduced energy consumption.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hardware acceleration article was read about 29,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Hardware acceleration
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hardware acceleration (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
