Not to mention Microsoft's investments in Nvidia and other GPU-adjacent/dependent companies!
A successful ternary model would basically erase all that value overnight. In fact, the entire stock market could crash!
Think about it: This is Microsoft we're talking about! They're a convicted monopolist that has a history of manipulating the market for IT goods and services. I wouldn't put it past them to refuse to invest in training a ternary model or going so far as to buy up ternary startups just to shut them down.
Want to make some easy money: Start a business training a ternary model and make an offer to Microsoft. I bet they'll buy you out for at least a few million even if you don't have a product yet!
If that were true then they simply wouldn’t have published this research to begin with.
Occam’s Razor suggests this simply doesn’t yield as good results as the status quo