The thing that I think people underestimate about ASICs in general is that when you build something that's an ASIC, you can't change it. And that seems like a huge weakness, but actually it becomes a strength because you can optimize the hardware so specifically for one thing that you get much better performance and power efficiency than you would with something general purpose like a GPU.
Sinofsky explains why AI may fundamentally change how personal computers are designed, and why local inference could become increasingly important as AI workloads grow.
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