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roncesvallesyesterday at 7:31 AM5 repliesview on HN

That slot is called USB-C. I can fully imagine inference ASICs coming in powerbank form factor that you'd just plug and play.


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bagfulyesterday at 2:04 PM

Like the chip-software in Gibson’s sprawl, from the micro-soft to the ROM cowboy to the Aleph, the endgame of computertool distribution is via single-use chunks of quasi-biological computronium

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zupa-huyesterday at 9:08 AM

This would be a hell of a hot power bank. It uses about as much power as my oven. So probably more like inside a huge cooling device outside the house. Or integrated into the heating system of the house.

(Still compelling!)

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ameliusyesterday at 11:16 AM

> USB-C

With these speeds you can run it over USB2, though maybe power is limiting.

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ekianjoyesterday at 9:44 AM

Not if you need 200w power to run inference.

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XorNotyesterday at 7:37 AM

Pretty sure it'd just be a thumbdrive. Are the Taalas chips particularly large in surface area?

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