• mal3oon@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Their main growth drivers are data centers, when demand will dry within 2 years, a bubble will pop. Especially when theoretical architecture of Neural Network change, the need for high performance will decrease.

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        6 months ago

        See also: Sun Microsystems, who made tons of servers that drove the dotcom boom. They didn’t fare so well afterword.

        This is a “grab the pile of cash and be happy” situation.

      • Aux@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        CUDA has a lot of applications outside of AI. They’ll just refocus on the next bubble and will continue hoarding wealth.

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          6 months ago

          No not really, the GPUs that datacenters are buying doesn’t even have a display output so they are useless to the vast majority of home users.

          If you run a home lab then maybe.

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          6 months ago

          Well, there are a period after the last Bitcoin bubble burst when the best way to get a good Graphics card for cheap was buying a used one from on the Bitcoin miner operations that were closing down.