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Re:Analysts Estimate Nvidia Owns 98% of the Data Center GPU ... by latchkey on Thursday February 01, 2024 @02:34PM (#39220176)
It was very difficult for me to get access to these chips and I'm building a whole business around it. It won't be possible for individuals for a long long time, if ever. Maybe in a few years on the secondary market.

Case in point... try searching ebay for the previous generation... MI250.

If you want access to these chips, you're going to have to rent them. Given that nobody is really renting them currently, at least I'm working to get you access to them at all.

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Re:Analysts Estimate Nvidia Owns 98% of the Data Center GPU ... by elorant on Thursday February 01, 2024 @02:51PM (#39220408)
Was it difficult though because you lack the credentials of an established large corporation, or because there is very low stock at this point?
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Re:Analysts Estimate Nvidia Owns 98% of the Data Center GPU ... by latchkey on Thursday February 01, 2024 @02:57PM (#39220491)
If NVIDIA has 98% of the market, I don't think stock is an issue. ;-)

The chip industry runs on relationships.

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Re:Analysts Estimate Nvidia Owns 98% of the Data Center GPU ... by 2devnull on Thursday February 01, 2024 @03:01PM (#39220563)
What’s to stop the government from taking your business from you for national security reasons?
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Re:Analysts Estimate Nvidia Owns 98% of the Data Center GPU ... by latchkey on Thursday February 01, 2024 @03:10PM (#39220701)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the US government can take over a business like that. They can take the land where we host the equipment, though if that happens, I guess I'd just move it somewhere else?

I did personally sign some documentation (EAR) saying that I wouldn't export the equipment to a whole list of countries and I definitely won't do that. I also won't rent to anyone in those countries either, just to cover my bases. I have high ethics and have no desire to get in any sort of trouble.

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Re:Analysts Estimate Nvidia Owns 98% of the Data Center GPU ... by xcv123 on Thursday February 01, 2024 @03:37PM (#39221096)
He's not in China
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Re:Analysts Estimate Nvidia Owns 98% of the Data Center GPU ... by latchkey on Thursday February 01, 2024 @04:08PM (#39221491)
Very very true.
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