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		adastra22 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: xAI joins SpaceX Single upset events in a modern GPU are not bitflips. They destroy the surrounding circuitry and usually disable the whole unit.

pantalaimon 2 days ago [–]

If that happens you disable that CUDA core. If you GPU is too damaged, you deorbit the satellite.

adastra22 2 days ago | [–]

Yeas, and this will happen within weeks of launch with the orbits under consideration.

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