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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Jan 7 09:32:00 2025
    Aaron,
    The other day you said you'd like to have one of those souped-up "AI
    computers" to do non-AI stuff with. You may soon have a chance! :D

    * Originally in: Dovenet TechTalk

    TLDR 2025-01-07

    BIG TECH & STARTUPS

    NVIDIA ANNOUNCES $3,000 PERSONAL AI SUPERCOMPUTER CALLED DIGITS (3
    MINUTE READ) [5]

    Nvidia announced a personal AI supercomputer called Digits at CES. It
    can handle AI models with up to 200 billion parameters. Similar in
    form to a Mac Mini, Digits has a starting price of $3,000. Each system
    comes equipped with 128GB of unified, coherent memory. Two systems can
    be linked together to handle models with up to 405 billion parameters.

    [5] https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337530/nvidia-ces-digits-super-computer -ai?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/202 to Mike Powell on Tue Jan 7 16:46:48 2025
    Aaron,
    The other day you said you'd like to have one of those souped-up "AI computers" to do non-AI stuff with. You may soon have a chance! :D

    This thing sounds cool..

    Nvidia announced a personal AI supercomputer called Digits at CES. It
    can handle AI models with up to 200 billion parameters. Similar in
    form to a Mac Mini, Digits has a starting price of $3,000. Each system comes equipped with 128GB of unified, coherent memory. Two systems can
    be linked together to handle models with up to 405 billion parameters.

    But I don't want a PC to play around with, I want to try an AI server in the datacenter. (Besides, $3000 is a little steep!)

    Thanks for the head up though!

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AARON THOMAS on Wed Jan 8 09:07:00 2025
    Nvidia announced a personal AI supercomputer called Digits at CES. It can handle AI models with up to 200 billion parameters. Similar in
    form to a Mac Mini, Digits has a starting price of $3,000. Each system comes equipped with 128GB of unified, coherent memory. Two systems can be linked together to handle models with up to 405 billion parameters.

    But I don't want a PC to play around with, I want to try an AI server in the datacenter. (Besides, $3000 is a little steep!)

    Yep, that extra HP for AI will cost you. ;)


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