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This goes for every SaaS / cloud native company

I think there will be a real shift back on prem with software delivered traditionally due to increased in shit like this (and also due to cost)



> there will be a real shift back on prem with software

Not while we’re production constrained on the bleeding edge of GPUs.


How many SaaS / Cloud Native companies are really GPU constrained? The overwhelming majority of SaaS is a relatively trivial CRUD web-app interfacing with a database, performing some niche business automation, all of which would fit comfortably on a couple of physical servers.


… and that situation will persist until other vendors release consumer GPUs with significant VRAM. Nvidia craftily hamstrings the top consumer GPUs by restricting VRAM to 24GB. To get a bit more costs 3-5x. Only competition will fix this.


Even then NVIDIA has a pretty significant technology moat because most of the tools are built around and deeply integrate CUDA so moving off NVIDIA is a costly rewrite.




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