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The Data Center is the New Compute Unit: Nvidia's Vision for System-Level Scaling

Doug O'Laughlin · 4 Apr 2024 · fabricatedknowledge.com ↗

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  1. Our reading

    Moore's Law is a fractal: the same squeeze that shrank the transistor is now being applied to the rack.

    Their wordsMoore’s Law is a fractal, and the principles that apply to nanometers apply to racks.
    Interesting

  2. Our reading

    The copper backplane inside a rack is the new advanced packaging, and scaling it is where the next generation of performance comes from.

    Their wordsThe copper backplane in the data center rack is effectively the new advanced packaging in the system-level Moore’s Law race.
    Interesting

  3. Our reading

    Air cooling has run out of headroom for AI racks, so liquid cooling is now a requirement rather than an upgrade.

    Their wordsThe critical change that makes this all possible is liquid cooling.
    Interesting