Modal says Nvidia’s Vera CPU doubles throughput for its AI sandboxes
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If Modal’s internal tests hold, Nvidia’s Arm-based Vera doubling container throughput over Intel for AI sandboxes is a reminder that CPU architecture is back on the critical path for AI infra. Infra teams should start modeling non‑x86 options in their cost and density plans rather than assuming GPUs are the only lever.
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