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Re:Nvidia announces its most powerful AI chip as it seeks to... by 1oooqooq on Monday March 18, 2024 @06:47PM (#39750980)
no it means rent seeking.

imagine aws if they also sold all computers in the world, now you can only rent from them

Re:Nvidia announces its most powerful AI chip as it seeks to... by throwaway11460 on Monday March 18, 2024 @07:11PM (#39751165)
So like IBM at the beginning of computers
Re:Nvidia announces its most powerful AI chip as it seeks to... by maximus-decimus on Monday March 18, 2024 @11:16PM (#39752610)
"For only 100$ a month, you'll be able to turn on the gpu you already paid for"

--Nvidia, pretty soon

Re:Nvidia announces its most powerful AI chip as it seeks to... by bpye on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @02:38AM (#39753449)
This is sort of already a reality. Their vGPU functionality (partitioning a single physical GPU into multiple virtual GPUs) is already separately licensed - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/buy-grid/

And that's once you've bought an expensive Tesla/Quadro GPU too.

Re:Nvidia announces its most powerful AI chip as it seeks to... by 1oooqooq on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @03:28PM (#39770975)
good. that only impact disgusting cloud providers who are hoarding all hardware everywhere.

no sympathy for them.