Microsoft gets requests for GPUs almost every hour of the day
Kevin Scott · AI Copilots and the Future of Knowledge Work with Microsoft's Kevin Scott · Sep 25, 2023 · at 2:59
Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft, responds to Bob Swan's question regarding high demand and constraints around GPU compute infrastructure.
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“It's you know, hours in the day that go by where someone's not asking for GPUs is almost non-existent.”
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