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> the general developer can buy Having a non-integrated GPU (i.e. NVIDIA or AMD) in a machine is not a stretch of the imagination these days. This means that a
by zamalek 10y ago
> the general developer can buy
Having a non-integrated GPU (i.e. NVIDIA or AMD) in a machine is not a stretch of the imagination these days. This means that any curious dabbler can grab Tensorflow and start learning ML. Over the past few months, I've been seeing exactly this on HN: many developers with ML Show HNs. In my opinion, it is precisely the general availability of ML that has caused this explosion.
As you pointed out, the above scenario falls away entirely under an expensive SKU. I strongly believe that having to buy any specific SKU in order to approach this stuff will spell doom for the tech. If it's not on every SKU down to the Core 2, I really can't see it taking off.
- petra 10y agoWhy would na expensive SKU be a problem ? as long as they offered it as a service and they ROI would be significantly better, it would be fine.
- nl 10y agoBecause library developers want to have things available without paying by the hour. Once you have the software, a service is fine. But the ecosystem of tools around NVidia CUDA and CuDNN is there because you can buy a gaming card for a few hundred dollars and hack up libraries you find useful.
- dman 10y agoIts significantly easier in academia to teach courses about hardware that is ubiquitous.