OCP's Silicon Photonics Vision Roasted as Per-Token Energy Nears 1 Joule
jwt0625 · x · 2026-08-18
- OCP released an architecture vision for open silicon photonics in AI systems, mixing units like pJ per token and pJ per training step, which the author calls a high-entropy blend of based and unhinged AI slop.
- The striking number: inference energy per token is now close to 1 joule — think lifting a basket of apples at 1 m/s, or a row of tennis ball machines firing continuously at 6 m/s.
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