@rohanpaul_ai: "American companies such as Modal, Fireworks, and Baseten will be able to serve Kimi K3, at one-tenth the cost of their…
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American companies can serve Kimi K3 at one-tenth the cost due to access to advanced Nvidia and AMD chips, with irony as R&D shifts to China but hardware optimization could further reduce costs.
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“American companies such as Modal, Fireworks, and Baseten will be able to serve Kimi K3, at one-tenth the cost of their Chinese competitors because they have access to advanced Nvidia and AMD chips.
There is some irony here. Much of the model’s research and development has shifted to China, but once the model is optimized for next-generation hardware such as Nvidia’s Rubin architecture, its operating cost could fall by 10 to 100 times.“
Emad Mostaque, co-founding Stability AI.
From “Peter H. Diamandis” YouTube channel, (full video link in comment)
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