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Why would that hardware "have to be thrown away"? I've seen quite old GPUs still in use; given the current demand, I expect the vast majority of hardware used i
by falcor84 1y ago
Why would that hardware "have to be thrown away"? I've seen quite old GPUs still in use; given the current demand, I expect the vast majority of hardware used in these data centers to see a lot more extended use than most other types of electronics around the world (e.g. phones).
- mossTechnician 1y agoGPUs in data centers have short lifespans. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/datacenter-gpu-service-life-can-be-surprisingly-short-only-one-to-three-years-is-expected-according-to-unnamed-google-architect https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/datacenter-g...
- falcor84 1y agoOh, interesting - it's about failure rate following degradation after prolonged use. I didn't think of that - but my take is that if companies like Google are actually using those components until they 100% exhaust what the components are capable of, then we can argue about whether this use of resources is better than an alternative use of them, but it's by definition not a waste of resources.