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noosphrlast Monday at 11:34 PM2 repliesview on HN

This was true when Moores law wasn't dead. Per watts performance has been flat since Ampere. There is a reason why undervolted 3090s are still used.


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codechicago277last Tuesday at 12:43 AM

GPUs do have a life expectancy. They don’t run forever, especially at high temperatures and full utilization.

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fragmedelast Tuesday at 2:31 AM

Performance goes way up if you use liquid nitrogen to cool the chips. Maybe finally someone's willing to pay for that.