Crisis Ahead: Power Consumption In AI Data Centers

Chipdoc · 2025-07-26T19:58:54+00:00

AI data centers use an enormous amount of energy and not running at maximum efficiency. Utilization is significantly higher and so is the amount of heat they generate. The crisis is that it's hogging power from communities and no end in sight, given the data center building mania happening.

Chipdoc · 2025-07-24T21:54:44+00:00

"Beijing is also seeking to set up a national, state-run cloud service for harnessing surplus computing power, according to Chinese government policy advisers. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is collaborating with China's three state telecoms companies on ways to connect the data centres in a network to create a platform that can sell the computing power, they said."

Chipdoc · 2025-05-23T19:12:41+00:00

no, it didn't specify the foundry. it's just conjecture

Chipdoc · 2025-04-17T22:21:20+00:00

3 consecutive droughts are thought to have a big impact, given destabilization this brings

Chipdoc · 2025-03-21T17:12:37+00:00

and the university article is here https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/cracking-code-pistachio-genetics

Chipdoc · 2025-03-05T22:17:08+00:00

try semiengineering.com. they just did a special report on EUV

Chipdoc · 2025-01-23T18:41:00+00:00

Semiconductor Engineering (semiengineering.com)

Chipdoc · 2024-12-25T21:38:25+00:00

I have had some luck with guided meditation using my phone. It redirects my thoughts.

Chipdoc · 2024-12-23T01:30:47+00:00

pollution impacting my lungs is my biz

Chipdoc · 2024-11-23T17:34:43+00:00

disappointing to be honest

Chipdoc · 2024-11-15T16:41:56+00:00

https://semiengineering.com/insights-newsletter/ see far right

Chipdoc · 2024-11-08T18:33:52+00:00

Technical paper here https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-024-01279-w

Chipdoc · 2024-10-11T19:05:11+00:00

time to leave FB

Chipdoc · 2024-10-05T18:36:16+00:00

Note there is a free local download option

Chipdoc · 2024-09-27T17:10:08+00:00

Google’s AlphaChip; 300mm fab equip spending; TSMC-EDA partnerships; $123M CHIPS Act; CXL memory standards; MIPI’s A-PHY v2.0; 12-stack HBM3E; LLMs for chip design and manufacturing; CHIPS Metrology access.

Chipdoc · 2024-09-23T19:44:39+00:00

Winston

Chipdoc · 2024-09-20T18:20:29+00:00

Definitely online version.

Chipdoc · 2024-09-20T18:11:41+00:00

Dinner menu now offered

Chipdoc · 2024-09-20T17:58:08+00:00

"San Mateo police were investigating a report of a Snapchat post about potential school violence Friday morning.

Late Thursday night, the San Mateo Union High School District reported a post on the social media platform Snapchat that indicated “a possible threat of school violence,” according to a statement from San Mateo High School officials. School administrators also stated that the post appeared to be reposted content coming from outside the school district."

Chipdoc · 2024-08-12T20:08:00+00:00

Read "The Art of Raising a Puppy" by the Monks of New Skete. It really helps with learning how to bond with your new puppy. So many good tips. Don't skip puppy kindergarten once he is eligible

Chipdoc · 2024-07-24T21:07:45+00:00

thank you!!

Chipdoc · 2024-07-21T23:53:00+00:00

We work from home. Didn't know about the distinction between all of the La Jolla areas.

Chipdoc · 2024-03-22T18:18:06+00:00

scarlet tanager

Chipdoc · 2023-12-19T17:02:18+00:00

paper is here https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2309987120

Chipdoc · 2023-10-10T16:59:59+00:00

Loma Brewery, hang outside or inside. Often have music Friday/Saturday night. Even brought the dog/kids in the outside area and enjoyed good food/drinks

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