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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down1·3 months agoLike there won’t be some other hype to immediately take it’s place. Just like Bitcoin GPU prices never collapsed because it went right into AI hype.
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down3·3 months agoThe next hype lined up is quantum
minus-squarerealitista@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 months agoFortunately they won’t need most normal PC hardware for this. At least not CPU’s and GPUs AFAIK.
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down2·3 months ago“Quantum emulation” all the hype, 1/1000th the efficiency, 1000X the excuses to sell hardware
minus-squareBlastboom Strice@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoIm seeing a pattern here (capitalism)
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAI messed up GPU prices even before AI was really a thing. When everyone was caught up in the Bitcoin hype, Nvidia already focused completely on AI instead of banking on the crypto hype, neglecting consumer GPUs. And we still feel that today.
Like there won’t be some other hype to immediately take it’s place. Just like Bitcoin GPU prices never collapsed because it went right into AI hype.
The next hype lined up is quantum
Fortunately they won’t need most normal PC hardware for this. At least not CPU’s and GPUs AFAIK.
“Quantum emulation” all the hype, 1/1000th the efficiency, 1000X the excuses to sell hardware
Im seeing a pattern here (capitalism)
AI messed up GPU prices even before AI was really a thing. When everyone was caught up in the Bitcoin hype, Nvidia already focused completely on AI instead of banking on the crypto hype, neglecting consumer GPUs. And we still feel that today.