> GPUs and compute hardware rapidly becomes obsolete. It won't make sense to use anything more than 4 years old
Historically this would be (somewhat) accurate for CPU's. However there are already companies that "unrack" at the 10 year mark for CPU based compute.
The problem is that performance per watt isn't going to go UP, and that matters. More power means more cooling, and harder to maintain (liquid over air).
I suspect that much of the hardware installed today, is going to be running almost unchanged in a decade.
Historically this would be (somewhat) accurate for CPU's. However there are already companies that "unrack" at the 10 year mark for CPU based compute.
The problem is that performance per watt isn't going to go UP, and that matters. More power means more cooling, and harder to maintain (liquid over air).
I suspect that much of the hardware installed today, is going to be running almost unchanged in a decade.