> Finally for this, what would it take to have the GPU treated as a processor > bank for idling and tasks not requiring a full CPU core?
leaving trifling software problems tiny running general-purpose code on a special-purpose bit of haradware and running multiple cpu arches in the same machine aside, why wouldn't you prefer to idle the gpu, since it usually less power-efficient than your cpu? pci-sig is working on 300+w pcie power for gpus. - erik
