Comment on Nvidia plans to boost presence in Israel with multibillion-dollar tech campus in north

• Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The big 3 (AMD, Intel, Nvidia) in the graphics space already have a presence in the country due to manufacturing and design capabilities.

  It’s a similar case with certain weapons manufacturing as well.

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  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Israel has, compared to US, still cheaper human resources and probably no issue with security-minded limitations on technology transfer or whatever.

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Is AMD at least a tiny bit better than Nvidia in this regard? 😅

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    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I haven’t done enough research to say for sure, unfortunately. I know AMD is far better than Nvidia in terms of not being as entrenched in AI development (which by extension, is weaponized for generating target information), and they’re also better in terms of not being proprietary (hiding everything behind closed doors), although that’s not directly related.

      So currently? I think they’re morally better than Nvidia, yeah. But it’s not a high bar to clear, and as their market share progresses, they may fall to the same practices that Nvidia was encouraged to embrace.

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Very good analysis.

        At least they aren’t investing heavily in new stuff in Israel, like Nvidia are, I suppose.

        Thanks for the great answer!

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