To be clearer,
@jimmy_d analysis and comment was based on the size of the input data whereas Elon's response was on the relative speed increase of the new chip. At least as I interpreted it.
Not quite. Great analysis by Jimmy. I mean top notch. But I was going to come in here gunslinger to burst everyone's bubbles. But elon sorta did it for me.
You see it's not the size of the model that matters, it's the accuracy and efficiency!
Tesla v9 reminds me of a brutefor e approach. In comparison eyeq3 models ran on 0.25 TFLOPS. It's completely unheard of. Today phones come with 3tflop ASIC chips easily (for ex the pixel2 and 3).
The eyeq4 is only 2.5 TFLOP and yet handles all 8 cameras, plus radar and lidar and still have loads of headroom.
It's simply astonishing the NN architecture mobileye were able to create and the efficiency it runs at.
Amon has been very vocal that his approach is different than the bruteforce approach of the industry requiring 50tflops+ chips.
Although he will gladly comply and provide and market them more powerful chips.