Data Center Watch sounds like a group keeping an eye on the threat of data centres. It’s actually the opposite — it’s an AI industry astroturf effort to try to make policy makers worry about threat…
  • BioMan@awful.systemsEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    I wonder what will happen to all the data-center-specialized hardware when the demand falls through the floor. SOMEONE will buy it, the question is what will people figure out how to use it for despite it not being like ordinary consumer hardware.

    • David Gerard@awful.systemsOPMEnglish
      7·
      15 hours ago

      It’s chips specifically optimised to FP8 and FP4 without video outputs. Its only use is machine learning. That’s assuming the hardware doesn’t die of overheating in short order. This stuff was born to be e-waste.

      • BioMan@awful.systemsEnglish
        11·
        18 hours ago

        Of course. People who have money and don’t need to make money will use it.