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AI Compute 101: The Geopolitics of Giant Models

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Can China Just Build Very Inefficient Data Centers Using Less Advanced GPUs?

China can't access the most advanced GPUs, but it can just build very inefficient data centers using less advanced ones. It just like turns out we need lots of communication with thoseGPUs. The performance doesn't scale linearly, the amount you have, so you cannot just use double cards. And I'd be surprised if you put 1 million chips in one data center and make them all work together.

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