Comment on 'Consider a system with no DRAM' replaced by a 'recycling fiber loop': John Carmack envisages bold future to avoid AI-driven RAM crisis

RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Fibre is just strands of extruded glass; one of the most common substances on earth.

  Sure beats the blood minerals needed for memory, and to scale up, you just extrude longer strands.

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• e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  there is a bit of surplus of fibre wire in Ukraine, i hear… /s

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  • UniversalBasicJustice@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m not sure which job sounds less appealing; collecting it or splicing it

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• acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  could be cheaper than enterprise grade DIMMs.

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• CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Probably cheaper than tens of thousands of satellites.

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