[MomsAVoxell]

So, it seems like this makes the DGX a viable ARM-based workstation, for those of us who need/want such a thing, while also offering a relatively decent AI/ML environment.

Two things need to happen for me to get excited about this:

1. It stimulates other manufacturers into building their own DGX-class workstations.

2. This all eventually gets shipped in a decent laptop product.

As much as it pains me, until that happens, it still seems like Apple Sillicon is the more viable option, if not the most ethical.

[gjsman-1000]

NVIDIA, ethical?

[agoodusername63]

I thought about how to reply to this for a minute and then realized that I'm so desensitized by American tech companies that all the nonsense NVIDIA gets up to to maintain their economic position barely registers to me anymore.

[bigyabai]

My heart goes out to all the gamers who discovered they were chopped liver during the crypto boom.

Besides that though, I don't see how Nvidia is particularly non-ethical. They cooperate with Khronos, provide high-quality Linux and BSD drivers free of charge, and don't deliberately block third parties from writing drivers to support new standards. From a relativist standpoint that's as sanctimonious as server hardware gets.

[cramsession]

They make significant investments in Israel and even said they’d build a new factory there. It doesn’t get any less ethical than that!

[bigyabai]

American tech leaders often have no other choice. In most states you can be sued for boycotting, divesting or sanctioning Israel for any reason. If you acquire a company with outstanding obligations to Israel, your only option is to fulfill them.

Specifically WRT Mellanox, Nvidia's behavior was more petty than callous.

[cramsession]

Who would sue them for boycotting and divesting from Israel? This is a false statement (or our democracy is in a much dire state than advertised!).

[nl]

It's not a false statement: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/enforcement/oac

[CamperBob2]

Google anti-boycott laws.

And yes... yes it is.