No they don't. 5-8 years is common. The source for the 3 year number is an unnamed random person claiming to be a Google engineer, and Google specifically reached out to all the journalists publishing that claim with this response.
> Recent purported comments about Nvidia GPU hardware utilization and service life expressed by an “unnamed source” were inaccurate, do not represent how we utilize Nvidia’s technology, and do not represent our experience.
If GPU demand growth continues to outpace GPU production growth, that is necessarily going to change. Older GPUs may not be cost competitive to operate with newer GPUs, but when the alternative is no GPU...
No they don't. 5-8 years is common. The source for the 3 year number is an unnamed random person claiming to be a Google engineer, and Google specifically reached out to all the journalists publishing that claim with this response.
> Recent purported comments about Nvidia GPU hardware utilization and service life expressed by an “unnamed source” were inaccurate, do not represent how we utilize Nvidia’s technology, and do not represent our experience.
Data centers might be, GPUs not really. No one needs GPUs from 8 years, and hardly even 5.
If GPU demand growth continues to outpace GPU production growth, that is necessarily going to change. Older GPUs may not be cost competitive to operate with newer GPUs, but when the alternative is no GPU...
A100s are over 5 years old and still widely used for HPC. 8 year old V100s are still available on cloud providers for low-intensity workloads.
It dropped down, but is now being extended to 5 years.
The 3 year number was reported by the FT this year from a bunch of companies, where they were saying their accountants are extending to 5 years.
Another example, MS just moved from 4 years to 5.
You are confusing depreciation (which is mostly driven by tax reasons) with service lifecycle.
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