Memory famine compels GPU vendors to re-release 2020 graphics cards — GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3050 return to Asian market

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Desperate times call for old silicon

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“memory famine” -> “AI data center greed”


Less e-waste?

They’re manufacturing new ones, so I don’t think it’s less e-waste.

It’s kind of more e-waste, because older devices had fewer transistors per mm^2 of silicon, and use more power for the same performance

That’s not what e-waste means.





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