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constraint

[kuhn-streynt] / kənˈstreɪnt /




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The main constraint is memory, as the AI-powered Siri will require at least 12 gigabytes of unified memory to support advanced queries.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It opens by noting that for companies whose “access to the most advanced lithography is constrained, the constraint became binding earlier and bears down more severely.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

It sits alongside a second layer of physical constraint that shapes the pace of the entire AI buildout.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

“Power remains a key constraint for AI infrastructure build-outs, ” said Andrey Korolenko, chief product and infrastructure officer at Nebius.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

And perhaps our hunger and our anger at our constraint conquered both of us—for he persisted in holding it from me, laughing and saying, “What is this?”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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