lliberopoulou commited on
Commit
62c74ab
·
verified ·
1 Parent(s): a523d03

Added Terms section to README

Browse files
Files changed (1) hide show
  1. README.md +9 -0
README.md CHANGED
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ The rules do not change. Known confounds (new workloads running on older chips;
48
  - **`index_content_changes`** records changes in what an index contains (a new chip, new providers, a method change), so they are not mistaken for market moves.
49
  - **`causal_claim`** in `events.csv` is always `none`. Events are recorded because they might later show up in the numbers, not as explanations.
50
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
51
  ## Method
52
 
53
  - Both index pages are recorded on the same day each month, and a screenshot is kept for every reading.
 
48
  - **`index_content_changes`** records changes in what an index contains (a new chip, new providers, a method change), so they are not mistaken for market moves.
49
  - **`causal_claim`** in `events.csv` is always `none`. Events are recorded because they might later show up in the numbers, not as explanations.
50
 
51
+ ### Terms
52
+
53
+ - **H100, B200, B300:** Nvidia AI chips (GPUs), from older to newer. Vera Rubin is the generation after the B300.
54
+ - **Premium:** B200 rent divided by H100 rent. How much more the newest tracked chip earns than an older one.
55
+ - **Specialist provider (neocloud):** a company that mainly rents out AI chips, such as CoreWeave, Nebius or Lambda.
56
+ - **Hyperscaler:** the largest cloud companies: Amazon, Microsoft, Google.
57
+ - **Shortage easing:** the trigger that activates the test, measured by the GDDR6 memory index.
58
+ - **Server lifespan:** how many years an owner's accounts assume a server stays in use (its depreciation period).
59
+
60
  ## Method
61
 
62
  - Both index pages are recorded on the same day each month, and a screenshot is kept for every reading.