All the AI racks are Linux based and are built on Nvidia graphics. Meta and Google were ordering iterations of GB200’s ranging from $2-4million per rack. (Did some diagnosing issues on racks/servers that failed tests after coming off the assembly lines as a subcontractor). So I’m afraid you are right about moving the needle there.
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skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoLinux users do though. If people keep moving from Windows to Linux they’re going to run up against the trash Nvidia driver support pretty quick.
This is a problem that Nvidia is capable of solving but they haven’t been interested in it for over a decade so I don’t see them starting now.
Expecting a major flood of new Linux users might be a bit of a pipe dream though. But the momentum is building. If we do manage to swing the market noticeably in that way, AMD is going to get a big boost over Nvidia in the gaming GPU market.
I doubt that will really move the needle for crypto bros or AI farms, but it is something.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 1 day ago
They actually recently open sourced a bunch of required infrastructure, and hired a bunch of the OSS driver maintainers.
It’s all still pretty crap, but there’s more hope now.
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Well, that’s good news for my desktop build, and bad news for my hope for the future, I guess.