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Henan diamonds, which even young people look down on, are making Nvidia jealous?

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Speaking of which, you may not believe it. Lao Huang actually came all the way to China to buy diamonds? But don't get me wrong, Lao Huang is not here to buy some pigeon egg diamond ring, but to buy artificial diamonds. I still remember that in January this year, Lao Huang went to Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen to attend the company's annual meeting. This has always been an important link for Nvidia to exchange feelings with its supply chain partners and open up new markets. And amidst these intense schedules, Lao Huang was still able to find time to quietly have in-depth talks with domestic "Diamond King Lao Wu". Within a few days, the company called Chaoying Diamond posted an intimate photo of its CEO and Lao Huang on its official account, and said that the two parties had in-depth exchanges to lay the foundation for future in-depth cooperation between the two companies. Some of you may want to ask if there is any cooperation between NVIDIA and diamond dealers. Could it be that Huang wants to imitate Brother Dong? For all NVIDIA employees with more than 5 years of experience, each brother will receive a large diamond ring, either 1 carat or 1.5 carat. You can choose as you like. Just kidding, the main problem is that Nvidia is short of diamonds. Not long before this annual meeting, Lao Huang had just released his new generation AI platform Vera Rubin. As an out-and-out performance monster, Vera Rubin’s heat dissipation is also unusual. It adopts a new solution of “diamond copper composite heat dissipation + 45℃ warm water direct liquid cooling”. Among them, diamonds have become a key part of this cooling system. In fact, not only NVIDIA, diamonds are gradually entering the field of vision of many chip manufacturers due to their excellent physical properties. The reason is also very simple. In the past two years, the parameters of large models have exceeded hundreds of billions every minute, and the power consumption of data centers and chips has also rocketed. Taking Vera Rubin as an example, the thermal design power consumption of a single chip has rushed all the way to the 2300W level, and the local heat flow density in the core area has directly exceeded 1000W/cm?. You know, the induction cooker you use for cooking is about the same level. If this heat cannot be exported quickly, the internal temperature of the chip will skyrocket, which may trigger overheating.