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  • (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple

    Sharp Tech | Jun 12
    (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple
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  • Nvidia In the Valley

    Monday, September 26, 2022

    Nvidia is in the valley in terms of gaming, the data center, and the omniverse; if it makes it to future heights its margins will be well-earned.


  • An Interview With Jay Goldberg About the Chip Slowdown, Intel and Nvidia, and the CHIPS Act

    Thursday, August 25, 2022

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    An Interview With Jay Goldberg About the Chip Slowdown, Intel and Nvidia, and the CHIPS Act, plus Nvidia’s perfect storm, the importance of software versus chip design, and why Goldberg is so optimistic about ARM in the data center.


  • Political Chips

    Wednesday, August 3, 2022

    Chips are the clearest example that economic efficiencies will not be the ultimate decider of technology’s end state: politics will play an important role.


  • AMD (and Intel) Earnings, TSMC Earnings, Morris Chang on U.S. Semiconductor Production

    Wednesday, May 4, 2022

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    AMD and TSMC are rising together, while Intel falls behind; TSMC founder Morris Chang thinks its a mistake to help the latter catch-up.


  • Apple Earnings, AMD Earnings, Google Earnings

    Wednesday, February 2, 2022

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    Apple, AMD, and Google all delivered great results; margins were the most interesting places for analysis.


  • Mr. CISC vs. Mr. RISC, ARM and AMD Threats, Gelsinger’s Three Tenets

    Thursday, January 20, 2022

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    The best way to understand Pat Gelsingers thinking about the threats posed by ARM and AMD is to go back to his arguments in favor of CISC over RISC


  • Intel Follow-up, Qualcomm Buys Nuvia, Netflix Earnings

    Wednesday, January 20, 2021

    That Intel is built to be integrated is precisely the problem, why Qualcomm bought a CPU team, and Netflix controls its own destiny.


  • Intel Problems

    Tuesday, January 19, 2021

    Intel is in much more danger than its profits suggest; the problems are a long time in the making, and the solution is to split up the company.


  • AMD Acquires Xilinx, Microsoft’s Earnings, Teams Wins

    Wednesday, October 28, 2020

    AMD’s Xilinx acquisition makes sense, even if it’s a bit boring; Teams, meanwhile, is the clear winner of the cloud integration opportunity.


  • Intel’s New Delay, Intel’s Multiplying Delays, Intel and TSMC

    Monday, July 27, 2020

    Intel has announced a 7nm delay, after its 10nm debacle. How long will the company even pursue competition with TSMC and Samsung?


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  • Google Buys Compute From SpaceX, Broadcom’s Outlook, Apple’s AI Politics

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  • (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple

    Sharp Tech | Jun 12
    (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple
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    Dithering | Jun 11
    WWDC Follow-Up
  • (Preview) Xi Goes to North Korea; Inspecting Xinjiang; A $295 Billion AI Buildout; The Pentagon Alleges PLA Links for Alibaba and Others

    Sharp China | Jun 11
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  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
  • An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies

    Thursday, June 4, 2026
  • An Interview with Eric Seufert About Models and Ads, and AI’s Upside for Humanity

    Thursday, May 28, 2026
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    Wednesday, June 10, 2026
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  • (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple

    Sharptech | Jun 12
    (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple
  • WWDC Follow-Up

    Dithering | Jun 11
    WWDC Follow-Up
  • (Preview) Xi Goes to North Korea; Inspecting Xinjiang; A $295 Billion AI Buildout; The Pentagon Alleges PLA Links for Alibaba and Others

    Sharpchina | Jun 11
    (Preview) Xi Goes to North Korea; Inspecting Xinjiang; A $295 Billion AI Buildout; The Pentagon Alleges PLA Links for Alibaba and Others

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  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
  • An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies

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