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tokepi | on: Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 Ultra – 150W AI Accelerator Card with 128GB at 548GB/s
If the specs seem outdated, it’s because this chip launched in 2024. It’s available at cloud providers including Cirrascale
rpcope1 | parent | next
Given the rush to dig MI50s and V100s out of the trash and press them into service, 2024 seems like future space alien technology.
eyegor | root | parent
Holy cow the v100s go for like $1k on ebay now... They were selling for $100 or less a couple years ago.
jauntywundrkind | parent
Thats relieving!

I'm starting to believe in Qualcomm! The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is alas only available in a single system, with it's tri-channel on-package (!) memory good for 228 GB/s. But it's a beast. The core is just good, even in the mainstream form in other systems: some of the best single core performance you can get, shy of Apple.

And they are upstreaming their stuff much better! They hired a bunch of really good known FOSS developers and it seems to be working!

Now they are talking up High Bandwidth Compute as their next big thing. And I want to believe, even if it makes me nervous that they too intend to leave consumer computing completely in the dust. https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2026/11/qualcomm-hbc-valid...

This is, as commented, at M4 Max levels of GB/s. It is not impressive. It has some uses! But if this was their modern opening salvo I would not be impressed.

redanddead | root | parent | next
> I'm starting to believe in Qualcomm

Someone drop the YouTube link of their robot presentation

gleenn | root | parent
The way it drops is priceless.

https://youtube.com/shorts/aZmt5E151Bk

3eb7988a1663 | root | parent
Those guys were fast on the draw to cover the body with those sheets.
a012 | root | parent
He’s hired to follow the robot and put the sheet on it whenever it’s dropped down to the floor
Rohansi | root | parent
> tri-channel on-package (!) memory good for 228 GB/s

Why is on-package memory impressive/better in this case? It's one channel more than your typical consumer x86 system (192-bit bus vs 128-bit) which is something but you could technically have quad channel with two LPCAMM2 sockets?