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AFR · Annualized Failure Rate

The fraction of a component population expected to fail per year; the fleet-planning number behind spares pools and maintenance budgets.

Current numbers

148 GPU + 72 HBM interruptionsobserved GPU- and HBM-attributed job interruptions in one 16,384-H100, 54-day Llama 3 run; not component AFR or per-node λas of 2024 · register ↗
148 GPU + 72 HBM interruptionsobserved interruption attribution in one 16,384-H100, 54-day Llama 3 run: 148 GPU + 72 HBM events; not equipment AFRas of 2024 · register ↗

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