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Subject: Re: Uh Oh ... Newest Nvidia Chips OVERHEAT
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On 11/20/24 6:35 PM, Woozy Song wrote:
> 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>> https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/new-nvidia-ai-chips-face-issue-with-overheating-servers-report/article68880681.ece 
>>
>>
>> Nvidia's new Blackwell AI chips, which have already faced
>> delays, have encountered problems with accompanying servers
>> that overheat, causing some customers to worry they will not
>> have enough time to get new data centres up and running,
>> the Information reported on Sunday.
>>
>> The Blackwell graphics processing units overheat when
>> connected together in the customised server racks the
>> company has designed, the report said, citing sources
>> familiar with the issue.
>>
>> . . .
>>
>>    Oh oh ... Nvidia kinda bet the bank on these
>>    newest chips ......... and there are massive
>>    downstream stock-market implications.
>>
> 
> 1000 watts TDP?
>   Seems just making more powerful chips by brute force has to end soon.

   Agreed ... some new underlying tech - like the switch
   from bipolar transistors to CMOS - seems necessary
   for the "next step".

   The question of course is "WHAT tech" ?

   Some fundamental re-thinking of digital and how
   to do processors might also be useful. But again,
   The Question ... still wondering if efficient
   non-binary logic is possible these days but
   haven't seen much on that.