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Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

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Post by airstrike »

This seems to be an attempt to compete with people running local models on Apple hardware—even though those local Mac Mini setups aren't really powerful.

I expect we'll get there in a few years, so perhaps this is Nvidia taking an early step in that direction.

In that case, this goes against Anthropic and OpenAI's business models. Which is a double whammy after Jensen Huang's recent comment about how agentic coding will only increase demand for software engineers, not reduce it.

So it also feels like a part of a budding shift in the competitive tension between the various parts of the AI supply chain.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

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Post by pjmlp »

crims0n wrote: post #206
nerdjon wrote: post #190

Some competition for Apple in this space and competition for Intel and AMD is great. But I really do question how well Windows on Arm is really going to work out long term. For Apple it worked because they were able to force the issue. If you wanted a new Mac it was going to be Arm and we all knew eventually (this year or is it next year?) Intel support would drop. Over time we have seen M series exclusive features.…

I feel like making universal binaries a thing, and pushing for it to be standard is one viable path.

They already kind of are with ARM64EC, however Windows ecosystem isn't macOS, unless there is market pressure, most shops will keep doing x86/x64.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

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Post by pjmlp »

fidotron wrote: post #205
giancarlostoro wrote: post #186

Can it work with Linux? That's all I care about.

Honestly this looks like Microsoft must have thrown a pile of money at them to not mention it, as it's just too obviously the main question. No one seriously cares about this running Windows. We want Steam and CUDA/Ollama, and Windows just gets in the way. nVidia are simply not that oblivious, but I have to admit in their position I'd have considered the Microsoft involvement more trouble than it's worth, which is am…

WSL is the answer in what most folks are concerned.

Has Steam finally started to push for native Linux games instead of translating Windows ones?

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

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Post by gillesjacobs »

Almondioco wrote: post #204
perarneng wrote: post #201

No thunderbolt is a big no for me. Its one of the greatest feature of MacbookPro that makes it dockable and expandable as a desktop with a good thunderbolt dock.

Thats also possible with usb-c.

With some caveats, you wouldn't be able to connect two 4k monitors to a dock without TB5.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

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Post by MagicMoonlight »

crims0n wrote: post #206
nerdjon wrote: post #190

Some competition for Apple in this space and competition for Intel and AMD is great. But I really do question how well Windows on Arm is really going to work out long term. For Apple it worked because they were able to force the issue. If you wanted a new Mac it was going to be Arm and we all knew eventually (this year or is it next year?) Intel support would drop. Over time we have seen M series exclusive features.…

I feel like making universal binaries a thing, and pushing for it to be standard is one viable path.

Microslop doesn’t want people to be able to run their binaries elsewhere, it’s the only reason people buy their product.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

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Post by pjmlp »

MagicMoonlight wrote: post #215
crims0n wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like making universal binaries a thing, and pushing for it to be standard is one viable path.

Microslop doesn’t want people to be able to run their binaries elsewhere, it’s the only reason people buy their product.

They also buy it, because to this day most people cannot buy GNU/Linux powered laptops on the stores they usually buy their computers from.

They only know Apple, Windows and Chromebooks.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

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Post by wmf »

Matl wrote: post #210
tarruda wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think there's any incentive for Nvidia to make this a Windows-only device, so most likely it will be fully supported on Linux, just like their GPUs are.

> just like their GPUs are So with proprietary blobs that give you more trouble that they're worth?

Those blobs are worth $5T; show some respect.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

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Post by wmf »

tonoto wrote: post #139

What is this product anyway? Is it a general purpose CPU or is it specifically designed for MS Windows? Nvidia stepping back from the open source? "Introducing the NVIDIA RTX Spark™ Superchip. The fusion of NVIDIA AI and RTX graphics in a single chip redefines Windows PCs and delivers amazing creating, AI development, and gaming—on the slimmest, most beautiful RTX laptops ever and small, ultra-efficient desktops."

Linux works but MS is just paying them not to mention it.

Re: Nvidia RTX Spark

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Post by [deleted] »

pjmlp wrote: post #213
fidotron wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly this looks like Microsoft must have thrown a pile of money at them to not mention it, as it's just too obviously the main question. No one seriously cares about this running Windows. We want Steam and CUDA/Ollama, and Windows just gets in the way. nVidia are simply not that oblivious, but I have to admit in their position I'd have considered the Microsoft involvement more trouble than it's worth, which is am…

WSL is the answer in what most folks are concerned. Has Steam finally started to push for native Linux games instead of translating Windows ones?

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