▲ 168 ▼ '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) submitted 8 months ago by tal@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sepi@piefed.social 3 points 8 months ago (5 children) Random Access how? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago (4 children) If you read the article, it's sequential access but that's fine for AI use. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) RAM more like SAM permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago Yes, but for a niche use case where SAM is fine, not for consumers permalink fedilink source parent [–] sepi@piefed.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I read the article title and it said RAM. Now you're trying to pull a sam altman bamboozle - "it's not random, it's sequential" - then it ain't RAM. Fuck the law and fuck the article yeehaw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 8 months ago Current title seems a bit better. A cure for the memory crisis? John Carmack envisions fiber cables replacing RAM for AI usage, which would mean a better future for us all Essentially since the access patterns in AI usage are predictable, they could hypothetically replace their heavy RAM usage with this. Which would mean more RAM for the rest of us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago (4 children) If you read the article, it's sequential access but that's fine for AI use. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) RAM more like SAM permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago Yes, but for a niche use case where SAM is fine, not for consumers permalink fedilink source parent [–] sepi@piefed.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I read the article title and it said RAM. Now you're trying to pull a sam altman bamboozle - "it's not random, it's sequential" - then it ain't RAM. Fuck the law and fuck the article yeehaw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 8 months ago Current title seems a bit better. A cure for the memory crisis? John Carmack envisions fiber cables replacing RAM for AI usage, which would mean a better future for us all Essentially since the access patterns in AI usage are predictable, they could hypothetically replace their heavy RAM usage with this. Which would mean more RAM for the rest of us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) RAM more like SAM permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago Yes, but for a niche use case where SAM is fine, not for consumers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago Yes, but for a niche use case where SAM is fine, not for consumers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sepi@piefed.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I read the article title and it said RAM. Now you're trying to pull a sam altman bamboozle - "it's not random, it's sequential" - then it ain't RAM. Fuck the law and fuck the article yeehaw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 8 months ago Current title seems a bit better. A cure for the memory crisis? John Carmack envisions fiber cables replacing RAM for AI usage, which would mean a better future for us all Essentially since the access patterns in AI usage are predictable, they could hypothetically replace their heavy RAM usage with this. Which would mean more RAM for the rest of us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 8 months ago Current title seems a bit better. A cure for the memory crisis? John Carmack envisions fiber cables replacing RAM for AI usage, which would mean a better future for us all Essentially since the access patterns in AI usage are predictable, they could hypothetically replace their heavy RAM usage with this. Which would mean more RAM for the rest of us. permalink fedilink source parent