Can you please use non-American power units like Watts when describing power usage? :)
China builds brain-mimicking AI server the size of a mini-fridge, claims 90% power reduction — BI Explorer 1 packs in 1,152 CPU cores and 4.8TB of memory, runs on a household power outlet
Submitted 4 days ago by PapaSkwat@lemmings.world to technology@lemmy.today
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Lembot_0006@programming.dev 4 days ago
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 4 days ago
We normally measure power in microwaves, as in how many microwave ovens of power does this use?
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s real hand wavy and sounds mostly like marketing bs, I’d be curious what the real benchmarks, specs, and prices look like. If it’s 1/3 the speed of an nvidia stack but 25% the cost and 90% cheaper to operate then obviously that’s a big win!
BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
The article didn’t seem to mention, but it may be using that new method they came up with where the data is extracted via monitoring the electrical field the memory produces rather than flowing electrons in wires. That supposedly reduced power and sped up processing.
PapaSkwat@lemmings.world 4 days ago
I’m sure some of it is marketing bs. But underestimating China when it comes to stuff like this is a big mistake, imho.