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From the page : "Andromeda, a 13.5 Million Core AI Supercomputer". Blown away by the number of cores (I considered myself lucky to have 2 10000+ cores GPU in my workstation) I then realized that the word "core" is singular in the sentence. Is it just a mistake or does it mean something else ? (genuine question, English is not my first language)

EDIT: Ahhh a bit below on the page it is written "13.5 million AI-optimized cores" and there it's plural. So it was probably just a mistake.



It is not a mistake, that is how you phrase it in English when the noun ("core" in this case) is being used as part of a compound adjective. The convention is to keep the noun singular.

e.g.

"He commanded a ten thousand man army." (not men)

"Andromeda, a trillion star galaxy, is 2.5 million lightyears away." (not stars)

etc


Not a native English-speaking person, but shouldn’t it be "He commanded a ten-thousand-man army" and "Andromeda, a trillion-star galaxy, is 2.5 million lightyears away"?


I am a native speaking English-speaking person, and although I think you are correct in that compound adjectives have historically been connected with hyphens, that seems to have fallen out-of-fashion somewhat.


I'm now remembering some WW1 posters from my GCSE History lessons that hyphenated "to-day" like this: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/483644447456350306/


That’s optional, but definitely more clear. The kind of thing a newspaper editor would insist on, but not necessarily seen outside of that.


To expand on the sibling comment, this is when pedantic people start talking about hyphenation. The clearer way to say this is "13.5-million-core AI supercomputer".




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