Choose the technically eligible fleet and hand its operands to finance — conditional result
B alone clears the assumed base gates: 60 nodes, 960 kW, 48,000 tokens/s, arrival week 20. A one-week release slip leaves no eligible offer.derived
| Value kind | derived — Derived values are guide calculations; their result is only as fixed as the stated inputs, scope, and method. |
|---|---|
| Scope | A needs ceil(48,000/1,000) = 48 nodes and 960 kW, but 160 GB < 180 GB rejects it. B needs ceil(48,000/800) = 60 nodes and 60 × 16 = 960 kW; 186 GB clears memory and leaves 40 kW input margin. C needs ceil(48,000/700) = 69 nodes and 1,035 kW, so power rejects it. B arrival = max(12,14,18) + 2 = week 20. A one-week system-release slip moves arrival to week 21 and rejects B too. Raising C’s power budget to at least 1,035 kW reopens C; that changes eligibility, not the economic winner. |
| As of | 2026-09 |
| Source | NVIDIA CUDA best-practices measurement method — method reference; guide-authored hypothetical scenario September 8, 2026. No supplier quote or test measurement. |
| Derivation | A needs ceil(48,000/1,000) = 48 nodes and 960 kW, but 160 GB < 180 GB rejects it. B needs ceil(48,000/800) = 60 nodes and 60 × 16 = 960 kW; 186 GB clears memory and leaves 40 kW input margin. C needs ceil(48,000/700) = 69 nodes and 1,035 kW, so power rejects it. B arrival = max(12,14,18) + 2 = week 20. A one-week system-release slip moves arrival to week 21 and rejects B too. Raising C’s power budget to at least 1,035 kW reopens C; that changes eligibility, not the economic winner. |
| Review | checking…review by 2027-03-08 · standard cadence |
| Recorded changes | last 2026-09-16 |
| Claim id | guide2-t29-7-11-result |
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