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Given that some countries/nations now have access to 150-500+ superfast Nvidia cards, what kind of processing power (cpu/gpu) does the NSA have? Have they place
by michelb 3y ago
Given that some countries/nations now have access to 150-500+ superfast Nvidia cards, what kind of processing power (cpu/gpu) does the NSA have? Have they placed similar orders at Nvidia?
- ianhawes 3y agoThey build their own chips and have for some time now. My guess is they’re 10-15 years ahead of what’s publicly available.
- px43 3y agoTheir chips aren't any better, in fact they're probably quite a few generations behind what's available commercially due to various certification requirements etc. HOWEVER, last I checked, their budget for this sort of thing was 11 billion dollars a year, and that's where their advantage lies. Their chips are designed to be maximally power performant for the tasks they're doing, and they have a fuckton of them.