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Equation 8 · Part 1 · The Physical Economics of Inference: Bandwidth, Energy, and the Limits of a Datacenter

Symbol B

BB
BB

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B is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

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B is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

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and the achievable step rate is B divided into the device’s usable bandwidth. Two things follow immediately.

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