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Re:TPU v4: An Optically Reconfigurable Supercomputer for Mac... by wiz21c on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @02:26AM (#35450128)
From the page : "Andromeda, a 13.5 Million Core AI Supercomputer". Blown away by the number of cores (I considered myself lucky to have 2 10000+ cores GPU in my workstation) I then realized that the word "core" is singular in the sentence. Is it just a mistake or does it mean something else ? (genuine question, English is not my first language)

EDIT: Ahhh a bit below on the page it is written "13.5 million AI-optimized cores" and there it's plural. So it was probably just a mistake.

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Re:TPU v4: An Optically Reconfigurable Supercomputer for Mac... by fastball on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @02:31AM (#35450154)
It is not a mistake, that is how you phrase it in English when the noun ("core" in this case) is being used as part of a compound adjective. The convention is to keep the noun singular.

e.g.

"He commanded a ten thousand man army." (not men)

"Andromeda, a trillion star galaxy, is 2.5 million lightyears away." (not stars)

etc

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Re:TPU v4: An Optically Reconfigurable Supercomputer for Mac... by tobr on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:19AM (#35451834)
Not a native English-speaking person, but shouldn’t it be "He commanded a ten-thousand-man army" and "Andromeda, a trillion-star galaxy, is 2.5 million lightyears away"?
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Re:TPU v4: An Optically Reconfigurable Supercomputer for Mac... by fastball on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:41AM (#35452420)
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Re:TPU v4: An Optically Reconfigurable Supercomputer for Mac... by ben_w on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:08AM (#35452707)
I'm now remembering some WW1 posters from my GCSE History lessons that hyphenated "to-day" like this: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/483644447456350306/
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Re:TPU v4: An Optically Reconfigurable Supercomputer for Mac... by adastra22 on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:00AM (#35455367)
That’s optional, but definitely more clear. The kind of thing a newspaper editor would insist on, but not necessarily seen outside of that.
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Re:TPU v4: An Optically Reconfigurable Supercomputer for Mac... by CGamesPlay on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @03:08AM (#35450440)
To expand on the sibling comment, this is when pedantic people start talking about hyphenation. The clearer way to say this is "13.5-million-core AI supercomputer".
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