Actually, in columnar databases the ops/byte intensity is significantly greater, and the GPU helps here.
If you think about how a database CAN be built, instead of how they were built until now, you will find that there are very interesting ideas that can and do make use of the GPU.
The research into these has been around since 2006, with a lot of interesting papers published around 2008-2010.
There are also at least 5 different GPU databases around, each with their own aspects and suitable use-cases [1]...
If you think about how a database CAN be built, instead of how they were built until now, you will find that there are very interesting ideas that can and do make use of the GPU.
The research into these has been around since 2006, with a lot of interesting papers published around 2008-2010. There are also at least 5 different GPU databases around, each with their own aspects and suitable use-cases [1]...
[1] https://hackernoon.com/which-gpu-database-is-right-for-me-6c...