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GPU Economics for PMs: Training, Serving and the Cost of Idle Capacity
GPUs accelerate the repeated numerical work in neural networks, but a product pays for usable capacity and accepted outcomes. Separate training from inference, include memory and traffic peaks, and compare an API bill with the full cost of operating a service.
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