What GPU vendors call cores aren't. It's like calling hair brush pins as hair brushes.
I think something should be called "core" if it can branch instruction stream. Predication doesn't count. A single core can run multiple instruction streams (GPUs, Intel Hyperthreading).
I think something should be called "core" if it can branch instruction stream. Predication doesn't count. A single core can run multiple instruction streams (GPUs, Intel Hyperthreading).