Kimi K3.1 Pro weights out

Re:Kimi K3.1 Pro weights out by fauigerzigerk on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:56PM (#50370669)

Yes, but if data center space gets tight, it creates an incentive to replace old inefficient models with better ones, i.e. sqeueeze more performance out of limited data center space.

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Re:Kimi K3.1 Pro weights out by thway15269037 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:24PM (#50373839)

IIRC some companies were running campaigns like "we buy your old hardware so you won't sell it in aftermarket and crash the prices". It all ends in landfill.

I wouldn't be surprised if RAM cartel or nvidia will attempt something like that, plus nvidia already talks about license-locking GPUs.

Also, again, IIRC, IBM hardware already works this way. There are almost no aftermarket when I last checked for them because it's all locked up and useless.

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Re:Kimi K3.1 Pro weights out by largbae on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:30PM (#50373889)

Maybe, but A100s and H100s were air cooled. Space is just part of the problem.

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