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0 pointsshdh16d ago0 comments

Fundamentals dictate hardware is a depreciating asset, they're not wrong. They're just ignoring the reality of the current market.

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noosphr16d ago· 3 in thread

This was true when Moores law wasn't dead. Per watts performance has been flat since Ampere. There is a reason why undervolted 3090s are still used.

GPUs do have a life expectancy. They don’t run forever, especially at high temperatures and full utilization.

You undervolt them because the last 50% of power adss 10% of compute.

Performance goes way up if you use liquid nitrogen to cool the chips. Maybe finally someone's willing to pay for that.

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