If I told you there was a GPU bag, you’d probably assume I meant a bag for carrying a GPU. As strange as that sounds, it’s not nearly as bizarre as a purse made out of a GPU. Enter the H100 Purse, created by—brace yourself—GPU Purses. This isn’t just any geeky accessory; it’s a one-of-a-kind NVIDIA H100 AI GPU, the very same hardware used to train GPT-4. Yes, that’s right. This is THE H100—the same GPU the U.S. is working hard to keep out of Chinese businesses’ hands.
Now, does it still function? Who knows? The listing doesn’t say, other than confirming that the purse “has a rare one-of-a-kind GPT-4 training GPU” and that it’s “subject to export controls.” So, who’s the target market here? It’s clearly not your average tech geek, because this “high-tech” purse comes with a jaw-dropping price tag of US$65,536. That amount isn’t random, btw—it’s exactly 2¹⁶, the number of values in a 16-bit integer. Now, that’s geek-tastic.
A little nerd trivia: since each bit can be either 0 or 1, 16 bits give us 2^16 combinations, which equals 65,536. But let’s talk value—H100 GPUs typically sell for US$25,000 to US$40,000. That means this purse, which may or may not even work as a GPU, costs twice as much.
Not sure this is a wise fashion choice, TBH.
Image: GPU Purses.
via XDA Developers.
