# AI Slice

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- An AI box is a unit of AI capacity (GPU or in the future TPU).
- The mininal GPU supported for now is a Nvidia 4090 or comparable
- An AI box can be launched in our Zero-OS and can enable any possible AI workload.

## AI Hour (AH)

- AI hour (AH) is like a kwatth unit for electricty: it represents a AI Slice being used for 1h and billed as such.
- ThreeFold Farmers can price the AI Hour in a chosen currency.

### Requirements

- At least 99.5% uptime per node and 99.9% for the farming location (cluster)

## AI Slice Properties

The service provider (hoster) defines the following properties per AI Slice:

- Type of GPU
- Price per hour
- Maximum Discount (based on participation in Liquidity Pool and/or longer renting periods)
- Max bandwidth
- Min bandwidth (min 1 mbit/sec)
- Cost per GB bandwidth if any
- Max aggregation size (how many of the AI Slices can be combined in one node if relevant)
- Link to support site if any (find info about hoster and service capabilities)
- If linked to Hosting Pool (company giving support on the machines)
- Location & type of location