Nvidia discusses $2k-per-GPU annual fee for software

verdverm

buy the hardware and pay rent, even better /s

Kevin_Flynn

At what point do market forces take over, and give Nvidia the collective middle finger ? Couldn't customer #1 just have AI reverse engineer, clean room recode, and open source publish it, because its software ? It's all in how your attorneys define "clean room" now isn't it ?

TazeTSchnitzel

What software is this? A value-add nobody uses, or a core CUDA component everyone is stuck with?

mrlonglong

Time for a Linus Torvalds middle finger.

j45

First it was licensing per cpu, now gpu?

cyanydeez

Someone put up a ishuggingfacedead.com death watch and just post articles like this until it's obvious.

throwaway919233

Surprised its not based on wattage

Danox

Apple dropped them for a reason...

vkaku

Everyone is making better software than NVIDIA today with AI, to the extent they are un-nerfing hardware and making stuff run 2x faster. Why would anyone in their sane mind pay NVIDIA anything when they can vibe engineer a faster library?

MisterMunchkin

Lmao! Sorry AI companies, even if you somehow survive to profitability, daddy Nvidia will just decide you have to pay rent in perpetuity. 99% margin on chips isn’t enough.

jwilcoxson

In the industrial automation world, you pay for the hardware (PLC), and then separately have to pay for the software to program it (made by the same company). Now if you want support for the software or hardware, that’s another cost. At every interaction point, someone has their hand out wanting payment.

NBJack

Why does this sound so much like an Oracle move? https://www.cfodive.com/news/nvidia-hands-new-cao-129m-rsus-... Oh. Former senior VP at Oracle hired...May this year? Color me surprised.