Nvidia have had massive pressure on their hardware since crypto mining.
Like Apple, they built their position by making products enthusiasts loved. Then they realised they could charge 2–3x+ and people would still pay it.
There’s very little incentive for them to commoditize their hardware now.
We need new providers willing to pretend they’re building for enthusiasts long enough to become the next Nvidia or Apple.
Anyone else disgusted with the Spark announcements today? Might be putting the two I have for sale soon. Looking at alternatives now since any efforts by enthusiasts is being cut off at the knees.
I admit it… I was duped by them. Sold off my workshop equipment for? Might sell and use the $$ for China based inference. People can say what they want but at least those companies are enabling individual enthusiasts to build .
Definitely will not be buying an RTX Spark laptop in November and supporting this moving forward