Over three decades video cards have transformed computer graphics from monochrome line drawings to near photo realistic renderings.

But the processing power of the GPU is increasingly being used to tame the huge sums of data generated by modern industry and science. And now a project to build the world’s largest telescope is considering using a GPU cluster to stitch together more than an exabyte of data each day.

via How graphics card supercomputers could help us map the universe | TechRepublic.