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Big Numbers are good for headline. But it doesn't put anything in context.

Die Size is 645mm^2 on a 7nm. This is important because we know the reticle limit which is around ~800mm^2.

The Nvidia AI Chip has 54 billion transistors with a die size of 826 mm2 on 7nm.

I recently saw a Ted Talk, If Content is King, then Context is God. I think it capture everything that is wrong in today's society.

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The maximum die size is interesting but not really the point. The context is more the complexity and capability of the chip, for which transistor count is about as good a measure as you're going to fit in the headline. The immediate subheading jumps to telling you FLOPs which is another attempt at summarizing the capabilities of the chip quickly. Once you have the info that it's large and fast the body serves to provide the detailed context. From that view the title serves to identify the primary context well - a very complex chip, come read more about it.

One basic thing I didn't see in the body was power consumption though, anyone know more details on that?

400 W

See e.g. https://semiwiki.com/artificial-intelligence/302502-tesla-do...

Where is this Ted talk? I couldn’t find it

I think theyre referencing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ4GmZflpPI

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