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How oxide cuts data center power consumption in half

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195 points tosh | 1 comments | 21 Nov 24 18:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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PreInternet01 ◴[21 Nov 24 20:04 UTC] No.42208043[source]▶
"If only they used DC from the wall socket, all those H100s would be green" is, not, I think, the hill you want to die on.

But, yeah, my three 18MW/y racks agree that more power efficiency would be nice, it's just that Rewrite It In (Safe) Rust is unlikely to help with that...

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yjftsjthsd-h ◴[21 Nov 24 20:14 UTC] No.42208143[source]▶
> it's just that Rewrite It In (Safe) Rust is unlikely to help with that...

I didn't see any mention of Rust in the article?

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rcxdude ◴[22 Nov 24 15:16 UTC] No.42214472[source]▶
I think it's hard to call it a reason. It is a tool which fits in with the philosophy of the company in terms of how to achieve it's goals, but I think it would still exist if rust didn't. I would describe the goal as making a hyperscaling system that can be sold as a product, the philosophy of how to make this is an aggressive focus on integration, openness, and quality, and that rust is a language that works well with the last two of those goals.
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1. sam_bristow ◴[23 Nov 24 02:20 UTC] No.42218771[source]▶
It's also not really a case of "rewriting in Rust" anyway, it's more just "writing it in Rust" since most of the stuff the Oxide team has built is greenfield work.