alt Hacker NewsNvidia restricts gamer cards in data centers through licensing, eventually they will probably release a cheaper consumer AI card to corner the local AI market that can't be used in data centers if they feel too much of a threat from Apple.
Imagine a future where Nvidia sells the exact same product at completely different prices, cheap for those using local models, and expensive for those deploying proprietary models in data centers.
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There’s long been professional segmentation for GPUs, long before people started running AI models on them
> Nvidia restricts gamer cards in data centers through licensing
So does intel, so do a lot of companies.
but
The processor is only half of the equation, memory volume, type and bandwidth as also a big factor in cost. Sure consumer GPUs are cheaper, but they have less memory and (often) less bandwidth. The proc might be the same, or binned, but thats only part of the price.
Having your cake and eating it too. Consumer goodwill and printing money.
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