info_tfgrid/collections/tfgrid4/boxes/aiblock.md
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AI Block (AB)

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An AI box is a unit of AI capacity (GPU or future TPU driven).

  • 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 Block being used for 1h and billed as such.

INCA Hosts (our cloud providers) can price the AI Hour themselves in a chosen currency.

AI Block Properties

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

  • Type of GPU
  • Price per hour
  • Discounts if used for longer periods & if renter has large amount of TFT in wallet
  • Max bandwidth
  • Min bandwidth (min 1 mbit/sec)
  • Cost per GB bandwidth if any
  • Max aggregation size (how many of the AI Blocks 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

Each AI Block has unique ID and can be looked at through a portal (or found).