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New silicon cuts cost per token 35-fold against Hopper

development2026-02-18

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Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra GB300 NVL72 achieves fifty times the throughput per megawatt and 35 times lower cost per token than Hopper, while Raspberry Pi stock rose 42% in a day on chatter about hosting agents on $35 boards.

Reported metric: 35x cheaper / +42%

Reporting date: 2026-02-18 (not necessarily the event date)

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New silicon cuts cost per token 35-fold against Hopper
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Reporting date: 2026-02-18
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-18-blackwell-35x-lower-cost-per-token
Claim: Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra GB300 NVL72 achieves fifty times the throughput per megawatt and 35 times lower cost per token than Hopper, while Raspberry Pi stock rose 42% in a day on chatter about hosting agents on $35 boards.
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- Welcome to February 18, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-18-2026
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