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Nvidia is on a different planet | Youtube | Gamers nexus (y2u.be)

submitted 8 months ago by drawerair to c/technology

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13805928

It's a long vid. I suggest prepping your fav drink before viewing.

It's re Nvidia's new gpu architecture for ai, NVlink switch, RAS diagnostics and other Nvidia announcements.

Nvidia knows it's the star of the backbone of the current ai boom and seems to be going full steam. I'm hoping for more innovations on tools for ai and gaming in the future.

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[–] kromem 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Nvidia has the short term covered, but I'm skeptical they are going to end up leading the AI chip market in about 5 years or so without acquisitions.

Recent research has shown not only efficiency gains but also actual performance gains with binary or ternary weights instead of floats.

This means you don't need FP calculations or matrix multiplication.

It requires being trained from scratch with that architecture in mind, so it will probably be 12 to 18 months before we see leading models with light weights, but once we do the market may go more towards faster and more energy efficient options that don't need to rely on Nvidia's legacy of IP for FP ops.

So while an unmatched king in how things are currently done, the magic phrase that brings any monarch to tears is "this too shall pass."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

While I agree with everything you said, I thought the same that after Crypto, Nvidia is done. They did have a dip, before AI jackpot hit.

Once models hit, new chips are bought and installed, it will be another year or two. So they are good for 2-3 years. They are also aware of this issue, I think they are working on CPUs and other businesses, so it won't be total loss. But I agree, sustaining stock at this price level seems unrealistic as of now.