The CPU-ocalypse Is Here, and the AI Industry Walked Right Into It
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For three years the AI industry watched GPUs. Nobody was watching the CPU. Now Intel is warning of six-month lead times, AMD has blown past expectations, and the chip everyone assumed would always be available has become the new bottleneck in the biggest infrastructure buildout since the internet.
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