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Alibaba Cloud says it cut Nvidia AI GPU use by 82% with new pooling system

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521 points hd4 | 1 comments | 20 Oct 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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hunglee2 ◴[20 Oct 25 12:59 UTC] No.45643396[source]▶
The US attempt to slow down China's technological development succeeds on the basis of preventing China from directly following the same path, but may backfire in the sense it forces innovation by China in a different direction. The overall outcome for us all may be increase efficiency as a result of this forced innovation, especially if Chinese companies continue to open source their advances, so we may in the end have reason to thank the US for their civilisational gate keeping
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lesuorac ◴[20 Oct 25 16:25 UTC] No.45645721[source]▶
The US isn't slowing China anymore.

China has an import ban on chips [1] so its irrelevant what the US does.

[1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/17/nvidia-ceo-disappointed-afte...

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1. overfeed ◴[20 Oct 25 16:45 UTC] No.45645986[source]▶
> China has an import ban on chips

Only in response to the US banning the export of the high-end GPUs China wanted. The import ban is the Chinese government burning the the landing ships, it clearly communicates to everyone that there is no going back, and total commitment is expected.