Stanford Professor: Sherlock Cluster Has Been Out of Rack Space for Months as Academic Compute Runs Dry
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-10-05
Stanford professor Anshul Kundaje says you can't rely purely on external compute — you need your own. His lab's Sherlock cluster has been out of hardware rack space for several months, with new slots hopefully opening in a few months, underscoring the academic GPU shortage.
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