AI compute 是新石油，且需要建立新市场
AI compute is the new oil–and needs a new market
金融机构正竞相开发用于交易处理能力的金融工具，以应对作为技术革命燃料的 AI compute 市场需求。随着这一名词已演变为指代先进芯片生成算力的名词，相关新市场正在加快构建。
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AI compute is the new oil—and needs a new market
Financial firms race to create instruments to trade processing power
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Oct 22nd 2026|New York|6 min read
A RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is changing many things about the modern world. Language is no exception. The word “compute”, for instance, used to be regarded as a verb. Today even grammar pedants grudgingly accept it as a noun, referring to the processing power generated by advanced chips. This new, non-verbal compute is the fuel of a technological revolution.
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