Tom ForsythMar 12, 2023
Just discovered this excellent post all about branches on GPUs and how they're fine. THEY'RE FINE. Stop worrying about them.
https://medium.com/@jasonbooth_86226/branching-on-a-gpu-18bfc83694f2
Branching on a GPU - Jason Booth - Medium

If you consult the internet about writing a branch of a GPU, you might think they open the gates of hell and let demons in. They will say you should avoid them at all costs, and that you can avoid…

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Show threadGiancarlo TodoneMar 12, 2023

@TomF it’s… more complicated. Especially if you consider compute path instead of render.
This is another good post about IFs and branching by @BartWronski

https://bartwronski.com/2021/01/18/is-this-a-branch/

Is this a branch?

Let’s try a new format – “shorts”; small blog posts where I elaborate on ideas that I’d discuss at my twitter, but they either come back over and over, or the short form doesn’t convey all th…

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Show threadJake SimpsonMar 12, 2023

@nemo @TomF @BartWronski I do love people explaining how ‘it’s more complicated than that’ TO THE MAN WHO WRITES THE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE THAT SHADERS RUN ON.

Also Tom, don’t say you ‘discovered’ this post when you asked him to write in the first place because you didn’t want to:)

Show threadBart Wronski 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@jakesimpson @nemo @TomF i don't think it's ok to dismiss and ridicule people commenting on *specific takes* based on the bio or authority of the speaker.
Unproductive and unkind fallacy.
Mar 12, 2023 at 7:40pmWeb