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Researcher Turns NVIDIA's 8GB Mining Card Into an 80GB A100 Equivalent

Researcher Kate Land has demonstrated that a vulnerability in the GA100 chip can turn an NVIDIA CMP 170HX mining card with 8 GB of usable memory into a full-fledged 80 GB A100 accelerator. She shared the details of her experiment in a post on her Kate Land blog

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Slovenia
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (67%); silent in Arab-Muslim world, Global South.

Western 67%Sino-Russian & BRICS 33%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 0%

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  • Confirmed by 3 outlets in 2 countries.
  • Ignored by Arab-Muslim world, Global South.
  • Propagation: first reported by vgtimes.ru (Russia), . No word-for-word republication detected.

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Arab-Muslim world

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Global South

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

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Event sources

  1. Энтузиастка разблокировала 80 ГБ памяти на видеокарте NVIDIA с 8 ГБ — она оказалась быстрее A100
    vgtimes.ruSIRussia → SloveniaRussian
  2. Researcher Turns NVIDIA's 8GB Mining Card Into an 80GB A100 Equivalent
    zh.vgtimes.comSISlovenia → SloveniaEnglish
  3. Pesquisadora transforma placa de mineração da NVIDIA com 8 GB em equivalente à A100 de 80 GB
    pt.vgtimes.comSISlovenia → SloveniaPortuguese