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> I'm curious if there are any non-US GPU contenders on the horizon? Chinese Startup Biren Details BR100 GPU: https://www.hpcwire.com/2022/08/22/chinese-startu

• throwaway4good 4y ago
  I think this is bigger news than the Hopper. But we will see if the US finds a way to block its production.
  • p1esk 4y ago
    Why do you think it’s bigger than Hopper? It’s most likely going to be slower than H100, with less memory, and no cuda support. Software is likely to be its weak point (e.g. AMD is still struggling in this regard). Though if the price is 1/20 of H100 it might still be successful.
    • adrian_b 4y ago
      Now, after USA has removed its competitors from the Chinese market, this GPU will be a commercial success, regardless of any technical disadvantages. So the company that has designed it will survive and it will grow and be able to design a next generation of GPUs, being protected from stronger competitors. Had China decreed an overtax on imported datacenter GPUs to help its domestic producer, USA would have protested against such a protectionist measure. But now USA has done itself what was needed to protect the Chinese datacenter GPUs.