alt Hacker NewsNvidia has been playing a dangerous but profitable game since the Crypto boom.
but now I think they probably have bitten more than they can chew.
Apple already proved with their unified memory - that as long you have the capacity you can run capable models locally - thereby goes demand for inference if everyone is running some model locally.
For training - Chinese models have proved that you don't need the latest & greatest in Nvidia hardware. Same as TPUs.
only time will tell.
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pletnes • yesterday at 4:40 PM
Nvidia sell iot boards with unified architecture. Would not be shocked if they launch pc/laptop/server boards at some point.
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2OEH8eoCRo0 • yesterday at 4:48 PM
What's the danger? They slide back down to being just a gaming graphics card company with a $10 share price?
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It seems they had a head start but are now facing stiff competition on all fronts. Software moat, GPU's for gaming, and its distant cousin datacenter compute. They rightfully invested their insane profits into many ventures, and how many of those have turned around into profit?
They are also a robotics AI company with Omniverse. They are also an AI company with Nemotron. They are also a bleeding edge network equipment company after the Mellanox aquisition.
They stand to make a lot of money if they succeed in every venture. Good for Jensen taking risks and driving innovation, I hope they succeed in chewing even 50% of what they bit off.