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Compute

The processing power, usually GPU or TPU hours, used to train and run models. The scarce input of the AI industry.

Data-center capacity, power and chip export controls are compute stories. Most AI infrastructure news is about who can get compute and at what price.

Related terms

DistillationFine-tuningGPUInferenceMixture of experts (MoE)

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