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Really impressed by the writing style of this post and very much looking forward to this on AMD MI300x. Let me know if you want some time on mine.

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Have you done much AI work against AMD products? I'm not going to plunk down $2500+ for an RTX 4090, but have been considering an RX 7900XTX for playing around with, or at least getting started. Just curious how well it will or won't work in practice, or if saving a bit more and getting a 7900 XT over the XTX might be a better option, and how much less vram might impact usefulness in practice.

My only work with consumer AMD GPUs was mining ethereum, I had 150,000 of them.

If you want to use enterprise AMD gpus, I'm renting them. That said, I haven't even had a chance to run/play with them myself yet, they have been rented since I got them last month.

Yes, we are getting more.

Caveat emptor and your mileage may vary; but unlike nVidia where you could just assume that everything is compatible with everything, for AMD I'd strongly recommend that you try before you buy - consider renting a cloud machine with that GPU to check if the software works for your needs before committing to a large purchase.

Agreed! The problem is that you cannot rent a MI300x or other high end AMD. They all go into HPC. A problem that I love to work on.

Good writing is clear and unambiguous. With speech there is an opportunity to interrupt and ask for clarification. Writing has one chance to get the message across. A reader shouldn't have to consult knowyourmeme.com to figure out what the heck the authors are trying to say. I don't even know what the title means here. That's how far they've missed the mark.

Wow that really sucks for you. I just read it in 5 minutes and feel much more informed about the subject pf nvidia memory twizzlization. It's kind of funny to me that presumably young college guys are writing in a style that's very readable for my old ass.

>that really sucks for you

How can I put this in your vernacular...

"Most polite genZ meme enjoyer"

Even if you're not familiar with the "go brrr" meme (which is the only use of meme-idiom in the article and is used exactly twice), its meaning is easily inferred via context clues from the opening paragraphs.

Good writing is also entertaining and engaging.

Keyword being also.

As someone who witnessed A-10 CAS fuck some stuff up in a combat zone ie the real “brrrrt” I’ve been mystified by the meme and current useage. No one knows where it comes from nor the slaughter it represents.

You’re mistaken, the “go brrr” format comes from the money printer meme in 2020.

as intense as a a10 might be, it's short lived and only affects a few dudes on the receiving end. When the federal reserve goes brrr, it has far reaching impact that affects every single person in the global economy.

https://brrr.money/

Really? It gives me PTSD from the Wallstreetbets days.

I also enjoyed the article's style. I utterly despise "academic paper speak". It is, imho, not the most effective style to communicate complex ideas. I find it so much easier to learn from a more casual "blog post" or in-person presentation over stiff, rigid academic speak.

I find both to be useful in different stages. The casual style is very helpful when starting out. But once I have put in a few weeks or months of study in, then the rigor and preciseness of academic style is good as well.

I agree with you in the sense that something has "died" in writings the follow academic paper speak these days. Just yesterday I saw an ancient article surfaced by Scientific American and Peter Norvig on System Analysis by Strachey. It uses quite a bit of formal language but is super approachable at the same time. That kind of skill is rarely seen these days.

> the Wallstreetbets days.

https://twitter.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/17900418133798504...

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