AsymcoMar 17

NVIDIA’s Language Processing Units Shipments Swell 10x+ vs Previous Yr (but how do they compare to Apple Silicon volumes?)

https://asymco.com/2026/03/17/nvidias-language-processing-units-shipments-swell-10x-vs-previous-yr-but-how-do-they-compare-to-apple-silicon-volumes/

NVIDIA’s Language Processing Units Shipments Swell 10x+ vs Previous Yr (but how do they compare to Apple Silicon volumes?)

Comparing LPU shipments from Nvidia to Apple Silicon volumes.

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Show threadWesley EagonMar 18
@asymco I don’t understand the comparison to 1984?
Show threadAsymcoMar 18
@wlea1 The ad for the Macintosh early that year took a, erm, swing at big brother and centralized computing. Do we want AI to be the big AI in the sky?
Show threadWesley Eagon
@asymco Would computing have been less centralized in 1984 if everybody had bought a Macintosh?
Mar 18 at 11:17pmIvory for iOS
Show threadAsymcoMar 19
@wlea1 the personal computer achieved all that and more. 1984 is a metaphor for that spectacular achievement
Show threadWesley EagonMar 19

@asymco Oh, I understand now. I thought you meant Mac was more decentralized than IBM, who was the Big Brother in the 1984 ad. But you really meant the personal computer in general. Thank you.

That’s a good analogy actually. PAI (Personal AI) gives decentralized freedom like the PC did way back when.