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March 03, 2013, 04:06:54 PM
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Now that ltc use gpu too, there are some currency that is still CPU based?

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March 03, 2013, 05:24:58 PM
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Now that ltc use gpu too, there are some currency that is still CPU based?

I think it's not possible to make a coin CPU only, since GPUs are essentially also CPUs. Intel's new architecture even put both CPU and GPU on the same die.

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November 18, 2013, 07:06:11 PM
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Now that ltc use gpu too, there are some currency that is still CPU based?

I think it's not possible to make a coin CPU only, since GPUs are essentially also CPUs. Intel's new architecture even put both CPU and GPU on the same die.

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