Las Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat
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The Las Vegas Sphere might have an impressive spec sheet, but its energy demands are almost as staggering.
    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.eeEnglish
      151·
      5 months ago

      Ah, you’re right, that’s 1.2 megapixel for the exterior, and 132 megapixel for the interior.

      That’s a substantial increase, but it’s still the equivalent of about 16 4K screens, which absolutely does not need 150 GPUs!

      Edit: No, I was wrong, this entire monstrosity is overengineered to over two gigapixels on the inside, and that’s absolutely ridiculous.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Anything most likely driving factor here?

        Extreme resolution requirements, massive number of LED elements, real-time rendering and synchronization needs, complex content processing, load distribution and redundancy, future-proofing capabilities, fraudulent kickback scheme