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  • RE: Meta's $100B deal ¨,

    From Robert Wolfe@VERT/KLYNTAR to TLDR on Wed Feb 25 07:30:00 2026

    On Feb 25, 2026 11:23am, TLDR wrote to ALL:

    Meta has agreed to buy 6 gigawatts' worth of AI computing power from
    AMD. AMD has agreed to give Meta warrants to buy up to 160 million AMD shares


    And the DeLorean only needed 1.21 :)

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Robert Wolfe on Wed Feb 25 12:26:00 2026
    Re: RE: Meta's $100B deal ¨,
    By: Robert Wolfe to TLDR on Wed Feb 25 2026 07:30 am

    Meta has agreed to buy 6 gigawatts' worth of AI computing power from AMD.

    And the DeLorean only needed 1.21 :)

    Ah, but those were jigawatts, not gigawatts. ;)

    Nightfox

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Wed Feb 25 22:28:49 2026
    Re: RE: Meta's $100B deal ¨,
    By: Nightfox to Robert Wolfe on Wed Feb 25 2026 12:26 pm

    Ah, but those were jigawatts, not gigawatts. ;)

    "Jiga" is an alternate (and incorrect, imo) pronunciation of "giga". They used it in the movie to make it sound bigger.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to phigan on Wed Feb 25 22:58:45 2026
    Re: RE: Meta's $100B deal ¨,
    By: phigan to Nightfox on Wed Feb 25 2026 10:28 pm

    Ah, but those were jigawatts, not gigawatts. ;)

    "Jiga" is an alternate (and incorrect, imo) pronunciation of "giga". They used it in the movie to make it sound bigger.

    Yeah, I've heard that about "jiga". I've seen people joke about it when talking about Back To The Future.

    Nightfox

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