China launches first of 2,800 satellites for AI space computing constellation China launched 12 satellites early Wednesday for a pioneering on-orbit computing project led by startup ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab.
  • Alex@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Where is the benefit in doing all that compute in space? AIUI radiating all that heat in a vacuum is quite hard.

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      15 days ago

      The article mentions edge computing. If you’re taking your data in space, it’s easier to compute it in space than sending it back to Earth.