tal@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago'Consider a system with no DRAM' replaced by a 'recycling fiber loop': John Carmack envisages bold future to avoid AI-driven RAM crisiswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’m pretty sure 200km of fibre isn’t going to be cheap either
minus-squaree8CArkcAuLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agothere is a bit of surplus of fibre wire in Ukraine, i hear… /s
minus-squareUniversalBasicJustice@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’m not sure which job sounds less appealing; collecting it or splicing it
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agocould be cheaper than enterprise grade DIMMs.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoFibre 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.
I’m pretty sure 200km of fibre isn’t going to be cheap either
there is a bit of surplus of fibre wire in Ukraine, i hear… /s
I’m not sure which job sounds less appealing; collecting it or splicing it
could be cheaper than enterprise grade DIMMs.
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.