"It really seems like anyone with some renders and a white paper written by someone being gassed up by an overly agreeable AI can get VC funding these days."
  • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    22 hours ago

    Doesn’t it work out to something like a full kilometer of the things in order for it to work? The idea is pure madness.

    • Giloron@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      Depends on density. I think Scott Manley’s analysis is probably correct. SpaceX knows how to deal with a few thousand watts of heat per satellite from starlink.

      Then the question is whether a few kilowatts is enough compute per node to be worth the trouble.