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Re:Alibaba Cloud claims to reduce Nvidia GPU use by 82% by tw04 on Monday October 20, 2025 @05:57PM (#45649949)
>Jet engine since at least 2011

Huh? Did you read your own link? The jet engine that was shown at an aviation show as a non-functioning prototype in 2011, with hopes they'd have a functioning version by 2016, and in service by 2020 (it wasn't in service in 2020). Notice at the very top of your own article it says "still in development".

>CPU since 2000

That isn't remotely competitive, and at least a full generation behind.

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Re:Alibaba Cloud claims to reduce Nvidia GPU use by 82% by slaw on Monday October 20, 2025 @06:07PM (#45650043)
What 'since at least 2011' you don't understand?
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Re:Alibaba Cloud claims to reduce Nvidia GPU use by 82% by tw04 on Monday October 20, 2025 @06:19PM (#45650146)
What part of "a non-functioning prototype" don't you understand?

Literally anyone can make a prototype jet engine. The metallurgy and process to make a functioning one is several orders of magnitude more difficult. Which is why... China still buys the vast, vast majority of their jet engines from Russia for military use. And their commercial passenger jets use engines from CFM.

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