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GPU power swing within a few AC cycles (~40–80 ms); idle-to-full step under ~200 ms on an inference node

>50% TDPobserved

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SourcearXiv 2502.01647 (AI Load Dynamics — A Power Electronics Perspective) · §III-A, Figures 4–5; full-to-near-idle changes occur across a few AC cycles, while the inference-node transition completes in under 200 ms
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