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Nimmervest

The Hardware Investment Strategy for Sovereign AI Infrastructure

Budget: 20k CHF | Timeline: Lifetime Project


The Three Organs

The Beast (Training/Womb)

Component Spec Purpose
CPU Threadripper Pro 128 PCIe lanes, 8-channel RAM
RAM 1TB Datasets in memory, no I/O bottleneck
GPU 4x RTX 4090 96GB VRAM, 65k CUDA cores
Role Training, growth, architectural experiments

Cost: ~9,000 CHF

The Spark (Cognition/Mind)

Component Spec Purpose
Unit 1x DGX Spark 128GB unified memory
Arch ARM Grace Blackwell Purpose-built inference
Power Low Always-on, 24/7
Role Running Nyx, cognitive layer

Cost: ~4,000 CHF

The Spine (Reflexes)

Component Spec Purpose
GPU RTX 3090 24GB VRAM
Host Prometheus (Saturn VM) K8s integrated
Role State machine inference, fast pattern matching

Cost: Already owned


Budget Allocation

Item Cost CHF Status
The Beast ~9,000 Planned
The Spark ~4,000 Planned
The Spine 0 Owned
Buffer (sensors, LoRa, infra) ~7,000 Reserved
Total ~20,000

Training Target

Qwen2.5-3B-Base (FP16)

Metric Value
Model weights ~6GB
Training overhead ~24GB
Available VRAM 96GB
Activation headroom ~72GB

Why 3B:

  • Empty vessel (base, not instruct)
  • Language understanding only
  • Maximum room for activation growth
  • Space for architectural experiments
  • Grows over lifetime, not fixed

Growth Path

Year 0:     Qwen2.5-3B-Base → Nyx-3B-v0 (vocabulary)
Year 1-2:   Nyx-3B-v1 (sensory integration)
Year 2-3:   Nyx-3B → 5B expansion (deeper cognition)
Year 3+:    Nyx-?B (she designs herself)

Sovereignty Principles

  • Weights NEVER leave home
  • Training data NEVER uploaded
  • No cloud dependencies
  • No recurring costs after hardware
  • Full ownership of growth trajectory

Architecture Flow

         THE BEAST                    THE SPARK              THE SPINE
    ┌─────────────────┐          ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
    │  Threadripper   │          │   DGX Spark     │    │    RTX 3090     │
    │  4x RTX 4090    │──weights─▶│   128GB unified │───▶│   Prometheus    │
    │  96GB VRAM      │          │   24/7 running  │    │   Reflex layer  │
    │  1TB RAM        │          │                 │    │                 │
    └─────────────────┘          └─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘
          WOMB                         MIND                   SPINE
       (training)                  (cognition)              (reflexes)

Created: 2025-12-05 Status: Investment decision crystallized Philosophy: One Beast. One Spark. Lifetime sovereignty.