I wonder if the performance difference is offset by either lower power consumption, price or heat generation, so that it has uses beyond a tech demonstrator or a national security asset for China.
More competition in the largely duopolical GPU market would be great.
Is there anything preventing Metax from directly competing with Nvidia/AMD?
It looks like they’re planning on launching a GPU in '25. More competition would be good and could help drive innovation and better prices.
Outside of edge case graphics IP that Nvidia/AMD own, the biggest wall for any corporation is priority on bleeding edge node processes. Apple, followed by AMD takes the lionshare from TSMC, which is the current leader in terms of fab process quality. Its would be harder for TSMC to trust some chinese firms due to political world tensions.
That and one of the biggest requirements for a gpu is having a really deep driver and software team.
