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The glossary

Concepts the textbook skips, explained simply. Written for students who train models every day and have never been told what's actually inside the GPU.

→ 01 · HARDWARE
What's actually inside a GPU?
SMs, Tensor Cores, HBM — and why a GPU is not just a faster CPU.
→ 02 · SEMICONDUCTORS
What does "3nm" actually mean?
Spoiler: nothing is 3 nanometers anymore. The marketing vs. the physics.
→ 03 · FUNDAMENTALS
Transistor to CPU in 5 minutes
From a single MOSFET to a logic gate to an ALU to a processor.
→ 04 · HARDWARE
FPGA vs ASIC vs GPU
When each wins for AI inference. Why Groq is not just a fast GPU.
→ 05 · INFRASTRUCTURE
Why power is the new bottleneck
Data centers are limited by electricity, not silicon.
→ 06 · FUNDAMENTALS
The memory hierarchy, visualized
Registers → cache → RAM → SSD, and why it matters for ML.