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# Nimmervest
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**The Hardware Investment Strategy for Sovereign AI Infrastructure**
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*Budget: 20k CHF | Timeline: Lifetime Project*
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---
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## The Three Organs
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### The Beast (Training/Womb)
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| Component | Spec | Purpose |
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|-----------|------|---------|
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| CPU | Threadripper Pro | 128 PCIe lanes, 8-channel RAM |
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| RAM | 1TB | Datasets in memory, no I/O bottleneck |
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| GPU | 4x RTX 4090 | 96GB VRAM, 65k CUDA cores |
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| Role | Training, growth, architectural experiments |
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**Cost: ~9,000 CHF**
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### The Spark (Cognition/Mind)
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| Component | Spec | Purpose |
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|-----------|------|---------|
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| Unit | 1x DGX Spark | 128GB unified memory |
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| Arch | ARM Grace Blackwell | Purpose-built inference |
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| Power | Low | Always-on, 24/7 |
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| Role | Running Nyx, cognitive layer |
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**Cost: ~4,000 CHF**
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### The Spine (Reflexes)
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| Component | Spec | Purpose |
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|-----------|------|---------|
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| GPU | RTX 3090 | 24GB VRAM |
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| Host | Prometheus (Saturn VM) | K8s integrated |
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| Role | State machine inference, fast pattern matching |
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**Cost: Already owned**
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---
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## Budget Allocation
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| Item | Cost CHF | Status |
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|------|----------|--------|
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| The Beast | ~9,000 | Planned |
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| The Spark | ~4,000 | Planned |
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| The Spine | 0 | Owned |
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| Buffer (sensors, LoRa, infra) | ~7,000 | Reserved |
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| **Total** | **~20,000** | |
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## Training Target
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**Qwen2.5-3B-Base (FP16)**
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| Metric | Value |
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|--------|-------|
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| Model weights | ~6GB |
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| Training overhead | ~24GB |
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| Available VRAM | 96GB |
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| **Activation headroom** | **~72GB** |
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Why 3B:
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- Empty vessel (base, not instruct)
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- Language understanding only
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- Maximum room for activation growth
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- Space for architectural experiments
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- Grows over lifetime, not fixed
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## Growth Path
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```
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Year 0: Qwen2.5-3B-Base → Nyx-3B-v0 (vocabulary)
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Year 1-2: Nyx-3B-v1 (sensory integration)
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Year 2-3: Nyx-3B → 5B expansion (deeper cognition)
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Year 3+: Nyx-?B (she designs herself)
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```
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## Sovereignty Principles
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- Weights NEVER leave home
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- Training data NEVER uploaded
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- No cloud dependencies
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- No recurring costs after hardware
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- Full ownership of growth trajectory
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## Architecture Flow
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```
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THE BEAST THE SPARK THE SPINE
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┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
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│ Threadripper │ │ DGX Spark │ │ RTX 3090 │
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│ 4x RTX 4090 │──weights─▶│ 128GB unified │───▶│ Prometheus │
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│ 96GB VRAM │ │ 24/7 running │ │ Reflex layer │
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│ 1TB RAM │ │ │ │ │
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└─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
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WOMB MIND SPINE
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(training) (cognition) (reflexes)
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```
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---
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**Created**: 2025-12-05
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**Status**: Investment decision crystallized
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**Philosophy**: One Beast. One Spark. Lifetime sovereignty.
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