Running Frontier Models Requires 4TB Flash GPUs
idanbeck · x · 2026-07-18
The author shares a hardware hypothesis: if a GeForce 5090 came with 4TB Flash and enough parallel pins, it could run frontier models exceptionally well.
The key takeaway is that M.2 SSD bandwidth is insufficient, and current consumer-grade storage bottlenecks the local LLM experience. If NVIDIA doesn't adopt this architecture, someone else will soon.
More from Infra
- LLM Serving Metrics Thread: Why TPOT and Uptime Make or Break User Experience — abhijithneil · 2026-09-11
- PlanetScale launches sharded Postgres: 768 servers acting as one, 1PB scale — dhruv2038 · 2026-09-11
- Can a 7900 XTX 24GB run Qwen locally? Reddit seeks ROCm tok/s benchmarks — thenomadexplorerlife · 2026-09-11
- RTK Terminal Compression Cuts Tokens but Leaves Your AI Coding Bill Unchanged — Bartaseth · 2026-09-11
- SF Compute founder: buying compute is 'an absolutely awful experience' right now — IgorCarron · 2026-09-11
- SmolVM open-sources persistent computer infrastructure for agents that outlive chat sessions — aniketmaurya · 2026-09-11