$200 'socketed' Nvidia AI GPU for servers hacked into a PCIe card with custom PCB and 3D-printed cooling — modded Tesla V100 SMX data center GPU runs AI LLMs and is more efficient than many modern midrange offerings in AI inference - Tom's Hardware

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **$200 'socketed' Nvidia AI GPU for servers hacked into a PCIe card with custom PCB and 3D-printed cooling — modded Tesla V100 SMX data center GPU runs AI LLMs and is more efficient than many modern midrange offerings in AI inference - Tom's Hardware** (google_nvidia) - [Read more](https://news.google.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?oc=5) - **AI Chips Today - NVIDIA and Silvaco Partner to Elevate Semiconductor Design - Yahoo Finance Singapore** (google_gpu) - [Read more](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihAFBVV95cUxNM05YWmNUUkxDRUt0NmNTTGtBeVZ3ZWFWaGJtOWctVUF0RzJEQWl5NmZubTlCbUlaNXRxS0IzdWpNVzZQN19xNmNMSjB5U1plajExdzFUcGtQakp3MnUxcXlEX2I1N0R3cmVHTEhRLXA1VGd0cTU5MHEwaUVESkxhSldQTlg?oc=5) - **This Nvidia challenger says its AI chip is 10x faster than a GPU - CNBC** (google_gpu) - [Read more](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOakRKSlVNRUdnVF9RaHE0VjI4NE90ZU9vNHpjNFA2aFhjdW1ZeEt6ZFh1ZnBPb3M2bmRENUFSM3MwNEpOaW5pQWpGNEs1S2l6YThUanNvczZMMURyM2huaDVQdTRmZlM2LTdGNUZEOHZlaDdiYXM5cTNqVjZYSWM3cmF4UjhTeWtZcFdSZnU2ejhrOUc2N2g4d3FQZ0w4a2pObGdqdmNTV1FBSWpWbllKMw?oc=5) - **China’s DFSX Offers 2x The Memory Bandwidth Of NVIDIA’s GB200 NVL72 System With a 14nm SuperNode That Skips Microbumps for Vertical Compute-Memory Towers** (wccftech) - [Read more](https://wccftech.com/chinas-dfsx-offers-2x-the-memory-bandwidth-of-nvidias-gb200-nvl72-system-with-a-14nm-supernode-that-skips-microbumps-for-vertical-compute-memory-towers/) - **The Difference Between TSMC CoWoS-S and CoWoS-R** (semiwiki) - [Read more](https://semiwiki.com/semiconductor-manufacturers/tsmc/371759-the-difference-between-cowos-s-and-cowos-r/) --- *Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*