# Silicon Data

> Silicon Data is the transparency layer for the global GPU economy — real-time GPU pricing, performance benchmarks, indices, and market intelligence for compute buyers, infrastructure teams, and financial institutions.

Silicon Data publishes daily GPU rental indices (including the SDH100RT H100 Rental Index), no-arbitrage forward curves, GDDR6 memory pricing, LLM token economics, carbon intelligence, and predictive pricing. Data is distributed via web app, API (https://www.silicondata.com/), and the data portal at https://portal.silicondata.com.

## Products
- [SiliconNavigator™](https://www.silicondata.com/products/silicon-navigator): Real-time GPU market insights
- [GPU Forward Curve](https://www.silicondata.com/products/forward-curve): See where GPU rental prices are heading
- [SiliconMark™](https://www.silicondata.com/products/silicon-mark): Instant, accurate GPU performance benchmarking
- [SiliconIndex™](https://www.silicondata.com/products/silicon-index): Standardized GPU price indexing
- [RAM Index™](https://www.silicondata.com/products/ram-index): Daily GDDR6 price updates
- [LLM Token Expenditure Index](https://www.silicondata.com/products/silicon-index/llm-token-expenditure-index): Daily blended LLM inference token prices
- [SiliconPriceIQ™](https://www.silicondata.com/products/price-iq): Predictive intelligence for GPU pricing
- [SiliconCarbon™](https://www.silicondata.com/products/silicon-carbon): Carbon insights for compute
- [Token Market Pulse](https://www.silicondata.com/products/token-marketpulse): Daily Updates of model pricing, usage and trending
- [Token Pricebook™](https://www.silicondata.com/products/token-pricebook): Financial standard for AI model economics

## Company
- [About us](https://www.silicondata.com/about-us): Who we are and what we're building.
- [Careers](https://www.silicondata.com/careers): Open roles — help build the price layer for compute.
- [Data Partnerships](https://www.silicondata.com/data-partnerships): Contribute data and power the GPU economy's price layer.
- [Media](https://www.silicondata.com/media): Press releases, coverage, videos & brand kit.

## Resources
- [Blog](https://www.silicondata.com/blog): Perspectives from inside the GPU economy.
- [Use Cases](https://www.silicondata.com/use-cases): Our customers best practises
- [Events](https://www.silicondata.com/events): Visit our exhibitions
- [Market Research](https://www.silicondata.com/market-research): Deep research on the GPU economy
- [Pricing](https://www.silicondata.com/pricing): Plans for GPU market intelligence, benchmarking, and forecasting tools.
- [Contact](https://www.silicondata.com/contact-us): Get in touch with the Silicon Data team.

## Blog
- [H100 Index, May 2026: Same Chip, Two Tiers, Two Regimes](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/h100-index-may-2026-two-tiers-two-regimes): Over the same spring window, H100 Hyperscaler rates stayed flat while the Neocloud tier rose double digits. Why Silicon Data tracks the two separately.
- [May 2026 RAM Price Update: GDDR6 Unwinds the March Spike While DDR5 Grinds Higher](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/may-2026-ram-price-update): GDDR6 spot prices unwound the March spike while DDR5 chips stepped up sharply on May 13. Silicon Data RAM Index and SKU data.
- [The GPU Forward Curve: Pricing the Curve, Not Just the Spot](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/the-gpu-forward-curve-pricing-the-curve-not-just-the-spot): Why a GPU forward curve is the missing primitive that turns compute rental into a tradeable, hedgeable asset class for financial institutions.
- [H100 Hyperscaler Index, April 2026: A Benchmark in Flat Mode](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/h100-hyperscaler-index-april-2026): H100 Hyperscaler on-demand rates held flat from Mar 1–Apr 20, 2026, with a 0.47% coefficient of variation.
- [March 2026 RAM Price Update: DDR5 Spot Prices Dip While GDDR6 Stays Firm](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/march-2026-ram-price-update): DDR5 chip spot prices softened after the TurboQuant announcement while GDDR6 kept rising.
- [B200 Index Price March 2026 Update: What the Charts, Price Bands Are Telling Us](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/b200-rental-price-march-2026-update): B200 GPU rental index surged 24% in March 2026 while H100 barely moved.
- [Three Misconceptions in Building the Financial Infrastructure for Compute](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/misconceptions-in-building-the-financial-infrastructure-for-compute): Three common objections to treating compute as a financial asset — and why oil, treasuries, and other markets have solved each.
- [Building a Robust GPU Index](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/building-a-robust-gpu-index): Transparent GPU pricing benchmarks for the AI economy using millions of global pricing data points.
- [SiliconMark™ vs. InferenceX™: Comparing AI Inference Benchmarking Frameworks](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/siliconmark-vs.-inferencex): Compare two AI benchmarking frameworks to guide smarter GPU procurement in 2026.
- [GPU Benchmark Software: Essential Tools for Performance Testing and Analysis](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/gpu-benchmark-software): Compare top GPU benchmarking tools for AI and enterprise workloads from SiliconMark and MLPerf.
- [Understanding LLM Cost Per Token: A 2026 Practical Guide](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/llm-cost-per-token): A 2026 guide to real-world LLM token costs, model pricing, and proven ways to reduce spend.
- [H100 Price Spike: Understanding the 10% Surge in GPU Rental Costs](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/h100-price-spike): H100 GPU rental prices jumped 10% in just four weeks. Explore what drove the spike.
- [The Geography of GPU Pricing: What A100 vs H100 Tells Us About the Global Compute Market](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/geography-of-gpu-pricing-a100-vs-h100): Global location impacts A100 and H100 GPU rental prices with key insights into regional cost gaps.
- [H100 Rental Price Over Time (2023–2025): A Complete Market Analysis](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/h100-rental-price-over-time): Track the dramatic rise and fall of NVIDIA H100 rental prices from 2023 to 2025.
- [GPU Pricing Trends 2026: What to Expect in the Year Ahead](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/gpu-pricing-trends-2026-what-to-expect-in-the-year-ahead): Your guide to 2026 GPU pricing trends, market drivers, hardware changes, and cost strategies.
- [How A100 and H100 Prices Vary Across U.S. Regions and Supply Sources](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/gpu-rental-pricing-a100-h100-us-regions): A100 and H100 GPU rental prices differ across U.S. regions and between hyperscalers and marketplaces.
- [A100 vs H100: When GPU Prices Break Out of Sync](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/gpu-market-dynamics-a100-h100): Despite belonging to the same AI infrastructure ecosystem, A100 and H100 GPU rental prices diverge.
- [H100 Rental Market Cools in September: Price Index Slips as Volatility Rises](https://www.silicondata.com/blog/h100-rental-market-update-september-2025): H100 GPU Rental Index showed signs of softening in September, accompanied by a rise in volatility.

## Use Cases
- [OpenAI API Pricing Per 1M Tokens](https://www.silicondata.com/use-cases/openai-api-pricing-per-1m-tokens): A comprehensive March 2026 guide to OpenAI API pricing per 1M tokens. Compare GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 Pro, o3-pro, and mini model rates across all service tiers.
- [Anthropic Claude API Pricing 2026](https://www.silicondata.com/use-cases/anthropic-claude-api-pricing-2026): A comprehensive breakdown of Anthropic Claude API pricing for 2026, covering per-token rates for Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus models, batch processing discounts, pr…
- [Claude Model Launches vs NVIDIA H100 Rental Prices](https://www.silicondata.com/use-cases/claude-model-launches-vs-nvidia-h100-rental-prices): Data-driven analysis exploring how Claude model launches correlate with NVIDIA H100 rental price spikes, revealing timing-sensitive effects across Hyperscaler,…
- [The Illusion of Stability: Unpacking H100 GPU Market Value Trends](https://www.silicondata.com/use-cases/h100-gpu-market-value-trends): Stability in the headline H100 index masks meaningful shifts underneath — across regions, supply channels, and contract durations.

## Newsroom
- [CME Group and Silicon Data Partner to Launch First Compute Futures](https://www.silicondata.com/news-room/cme-group-and-silicon-data-partner-to-launch-first-compute-futures): May 12, 2026 · Chicago
- [Silicon Data Unveils First GPU Forward Curve, Signaling Transition of AI Compute into a Tradable Commodity](https://www.silicondata.com/news-room/silicon-data-unveils-first-gpu-forward-curve): Apr 20, 2026 · New York
- [Silicon Data Announces Major Revision to A100 & H100 Rental Indices, Launches First-Ever B200 Index, and Introduces New Hyperscaler Rental Benchmarks](https://www.silicondata.com/news-room/silicon-data-announces-major-revision-to-a100-h100-rental-indices-launches-first-ever-b200-index-and-introduces-new-hyperscaler-rental-benchmarks): Dec 5, 2025 · New York
- [Silicon Data Partners with dxFeed to Expand GPU Index Coverage on Refinitiv, Driving Vital Transparency in AI Infrastructure Markets](https://www.silicondata.com/news-room/silicon-data-partners-with-dxfeed-to-expand-gpu-index-coverage-on-refinitiv-driving-vital-transparency-in-ai-infrastructure-markets): Oct 8, 2025 · New York
- [Silicon Data Secures $4.7M in Seed Funding and Expands Compute Industry Data Product Suite](https://www.silicondata.com/news-room/silicon-data-secures-4-7m-in-seed-funding-and-expands-compute-industry-data-product-suite): May 20, 2025 · New York
- [Silicon Data Launches World's First Daily GPU Rental Index to Bring Transparency to the AI Infrastructure Economy](https://www.silicondata.com/news-room/silicon-data-launches-world-s-first-daily-gpu-rental-index-to-bring-transparency-to-the-ai-infrastructure-economy-copy): May 20, 2025 · New York

## Market Research
- Q1 2026 GPU Compute Market Outlook (Quarterly, 18 pages): Quarterly synthesis of H100, B200, and A100 rental dynamics, memory-market transmission via the RAM Index, and forward-curve projections — distilled from Silic…

## About
Silicon Data® is a registered trademark of Silicon Data Inc. Contact: support@silicondata.com. Docs: https://docs.silicondata.com/introduction. LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/silicon-data. X: https://x.com/Silicon_Data.