▲ 385 ▼ Iran War Chokes Off Helium Supply Critical for AI (www.wsj.com) submitted 7 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (2 children) At least some positive news! Fuck AI permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago (1 child) If you read the article, it isn't about AI. It's used to cool lithography machines which produce all CPUs, GPUs, RAM, etc. The entire world of electronics is built on the output of these lithography machines. The headline may as well say "Iran War Chokes Off Helium Supply Critical for Skibidi Toilet memes" Helium isn't used in AI datacenters, it has nothing to do with AI outside of the fact that every processor is made using lithography. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 15 points 7 months ago What a dishonest headline... It wasn't technically wrong, but it was deliberately misleading... Also, I'm so glad I bought my hardware when I did... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago (1 child) If you read the article, it isn't about AI. It's used to cool lithography machines which produce all CPUs, GPUs, RAM, etc. The entire world of electronics is built on the output of these lithography machines. The headline may as well say "Iran War Chokes Off Helium Supply Critical for Skibidi Toilet memes" Helium isn't used in AI datacenters, it has nothing to do with AI outside of the fact that every processor is made using lithography. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 15 points 7 months ago What a dishonest headline... It wasn't technically wrong, but it was deliberately misleading... Also, I'm so glad I bought my hardware when I did... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 15 points 7 months ago What a dishonest headline... It wasn't technically wrong, but it was deliberately misleading... Also, I'm so glad I bought my hardware when I did... permalink fedilink source parent