Nvidia's Sustained Performance Limited by Power Delivery: 9.7 PFLOPS
nabla_theta · x · 2026-08-20
A post jokes about 'an Nvidia's dozen,' pointing out that due to power delivery limitations, the system's sustained performance is actually 9.7 PFLOPS. It notes that all results rely on 2:4 structured sparsity and uses fine-print disclaimers like 'batteries not included' and 'each set sold separately' to highlight the gap between marketing and reality.
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