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alephnerd | karma 8489 | avg karma 2.37 · 2024-04-08 00:42:47

> it is everything involved under the covers

Yep! You explained it better than me!

> Groq probably realized that people buying 1-2 cards at a time, wasn't going to be profitable

Yep! And if would have bogged them down by slowing down R&D cycles and even fulfilling orders as they obviously are not placing orders the same size as Nvidia or AMD.

I wonder what this holds for SambaNova and other similar companies as well.

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latchkey | karma 15349 | avg karma 2.37 · 2024-04-08 01:00:12

> I wonder what this portends for SambaNova and other similar vendors as well.

Time will tell. This is definitely an interesting development.

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htrp | karma 3449 | avg karma 2.55 · 2024-04-08 02:56:04

>I wonder what this portends for SambaNova and other similar vendors as well.

They're focused on services based full stack deployments afaik.

They come in with a rack and sell you on models as well.

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