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Just make smaller chips with more VRAM. Then consumer PCs could run local models much easier on top of their server GPU market.
by jsemrau 2y ago
Just make smaller chips with more VRAM.
Then consumer PCs could run local models much easier on top of their server GPU market.
- gmerc 2y agoThey use RAM capacity for segmentation. A 48GB card costs more than 2 24GB card and an H100 costs as much as 30 2GB cards. Meanwhile production costs are basically linear on top of the shared base. So your comment really just says “drop your profit margin massively”.
- jsemrau 2y agoI agree with you. It would be good for the consumer though.
- DebtDeflation 2y agoIntel used to play the "gimp your products and create lots of fake segmentation" game when they had a comfortable monopoly lead. Look at them now. A cautionary tale for Nvidia.
- mulmen 2y agoIs fake segmentation what made Intel irrelevant?
- DebtDeflation 2y agoI'm not sure it was purely causal, but it was definitely symptomatic of a company that was so comfortable with its monopoly position that it focused efforts on maximizing value extraction from existing products vs new product innovation. Over time this shift in focus certainly contributed to their slide.
- mulmen 2y agoSo what’s the lesson for Nvidia?
- JetSpiegel 2y agoThe FTC monopoly team has fangs now, so behave or get broken up in the next few years.