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Yes, but demand for these chips went through the roof because of AI. If Google is on this list it's because they're using them for AI, not because they've got a
by lolinder 2y ago
Yes, but demand for these chips went through the roof because of AI. If Google is on this list it's because they're using them for AI, not because they've got a secret project rendering an insane number of 3D images or something.
- bayindirh 2y agoEverything from material simulation to weather forecasts use GPUs very actively and effectively, for a long time. There’s a whole world using GPUs to accelerate things.
- lolinder 2y agoRight, I'm not arguing against that. I'm saying that Meta and Amazon and Microsoft are all buying these chips in insane numbers for AI—their usage for all other types of GPU activity is at least an order of magnitude less. That's why Nvidia skyrocketed to become the most valuable company over just a few years. For Google to be on that short list of whales would either mean that they for some reason have a much larger demand for GPUs for non-AI purposes than any of the others have for AI purposes (doubtful) or that they're using GPUs for AI.
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