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Iv on June 15, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE)

Cynical remark: all processes requiring a million times more cycles is the dream of many chip-making companies.

de_keyboard on June 15, 2021 [–]

Is it though? If chips had fewer practical applications, fewer people will buy them.

Iv on June 16, 2021 | [–]

Oh right now there is no shortage of needs, thanks to AI applications mostly, but I could see homomorphic encryption as the next moat that datacenters propose.

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