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We used to build steel mills near cheap power. Now we build datacenters
Why are people so concerned with hardware power consumption nowadays? Some common answers to this question are that power is critically important for phones, tablets, and laptops and that we can put more silicon on a modern chip than we can effectively use . In 2001 Patrick Gelsinger observed that if scaling continued…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2023 | We used to build steel mills near cheap power. Now we build datacenters by 0x000042 | 120 | 130 |
| May 11, 2015 | We used to build steel mills near cheap power, now that's where we put servers by luu | 63 | 24 |
