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'Consider a system with no DRAM' replaced by a 'recycling fiber loop': John Carmack envisages bold future to avoid AI-driven RAM crisis (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 27 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I'm pretty sure 200km of fibre isn't going to be cheap either

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  • [–] 23 points 8 months 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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