Except “free market” ideals break down when there are high barriers to entry, like… chip fabrication.
Also, that’s already what’s happening? If you don’t want to pay for nVidia, you can get AMD or Intel ARC for cheaper. So again, there’s literally no reason for nVidia to change what they’re doing.
That’s what I said.
If a GPU and a hypothetical AiPU are the same tech, but nVidia could charge more for the AiPU, then why would they make and sell GPUs?
It’s the same reason why they don’t clamp down on their pricing now: they don’t care if you are able to buy a GPU, they care that Twitter or Tesla or OpenAI are buying them 10k at a time.
Okay, but then why would anyone make non-AiPUs if the tech is the same and they could sell the same amount at a higher cost?
I could be the walrus. I’d still have to bum rides off people.