Can I convert graphical cores to computing cores?

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I have an AMD A8-7600 APU that has 4 computer cores and 6 graphical cores. I am going to get a Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 mini 3gb graphics card. So is it possible if I can change those 6 graphical cores on my apu to cpu cores? As in make it so instead the apu is fully just doing computing tasks like a cpu.
 
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not possible at all. the cpu cores are a completely different design than the gpu ones. they are designed to a different set of tasks and can't be changed. you'd have to rewrite the OS and some to make it happen. and i doubt you know how to write your own OS to make it happen. would be a totally new code since they are not designed with each other in mind!!
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not possible at all. the cpu cores are a completely different design than the gpu ones. they are designed to a different set of tasks and can't be changed. you'd have to rewrite the OS and some to make it happen. and i doubt you know how to write your own OS to make it happen. would be a totally new code since they are not designed with each other in mind!!
 
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That depends on what you mean. If you want to extend your processing capacity such that it'd be like cpu+gpu, this is not possible, as it fundamentally violates how these architectures are supposed to work.

If you mean that you want to put your gpu toward a specific processing task, like say scientific computing, then that's usually as simple as installing the relevant software.

The entities are still separate though. You can't join them and pool resources.
 
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