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Datacenter GPU service life can be surprisingly short – only 1-3 years
- rbanffy 1y agoI can't wait to see the GPU equivalent of Backblaze's hard disk reliability reports. And, considering Intel is building a 1000W CPU with direct liquid cooling, I would love to see one for CPUs as well. I wonder if multi-phase cooling, fridge-stye, would be an option - pushing sub-zero fluids to the heat exchangers on top of the chips to remove more heat than just water would. As a fun side note, IBM mainframe CPUs run at 5.2 GHz continuously for years without significant expected failures. The latest one uses liquid cooling with glicol.
- nabla9 1y agoThe really interesting thing is to see the difference between Nvidia chips and custom chips from Google, Amazon and others (but we never will). I bet that Google and Amazon custom chips last that 1-2 years and Nvidia chips lasts 5 years on average.
- rbanffy 1y ago> I bet that Google and Amazon custom chips last that 1-2 years and Nvidia chips lasts 5 years on average. Makes sense. They don't need to last much more than one product iteration. By the time they fail, there's already a new platform taking its place.