* Posts by orubel

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Wow, machine learning, what a snoozefest... less so if you strap a bunch of GPUs to your storage

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Overkill

They are treating 'edge computing' like the OLD model. Edge computing is your toaster, your fridge, your car, a network of cameras, etc. Ho does this model SCALE DOWN??? If I wanted a server, why not just buy a server or buy a prebuilt beowulf cluster.

Scaling up from a HUGE BOX is great but IOT is all about scaling from a small model up... not from a HUGE BOX up.

How does this fit into my car, my refrigerator, my toaster, etc? Can this run on a photovoltaic or 12 volt?

And more importantly what is the price point?

There is already a kickstarter for a 6-node IOT cloud starting at $650 that can fit in a lunchbox and run off your cigarette lighter, photovoltaics,etc and can expand indefinitely. Much cheaper and easier to use and is scaled down for the edge so that you can easily SCALE UP.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1585716594/bottledwind-portable-cloudtm