Why Nvidia Won't Build Consumer GPUs: Fab Space and Token Demand
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-28
Rebutting the idea that Nvidia's daily $1B profit could fund consumer-friendly architectures, the user argues that (1) such chips would compete for fab space with high-margin DC GPUs, and (2) they would compete for token demand against vendor-financed data centers.
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