filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoLas 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 | PC Gamerwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square411fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkLas 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 | PC Gamerwww.pcgamer.comfilister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square411fedilink
minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAh, 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!
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAnything 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
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!
Anything most likely driving factor here?