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  • The Spurs-Thunder Afterglow, Lakers Angst and Jokic Flopping, The League Sizes Up Its Tanking Problem

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    The Spurs-Thunder Afterglow, Lakers Angst and Jokic Flopping, The League Sizes Up Its Tanking Problem
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  • Intel and AMD to Collaborate on x86, A History of Intel and AMD, ARM and AI

    Wednesday, October 16, 2024

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    Intel and AMD are coming together to evolve x86; this is a shock given their history, but not a surprise given their reality.


  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Smartphones, AI, and Intel

    Thursday, September 5, 2024

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    An interview with Ben Bajarin about AI’s impact on the smartphone market, including the differing strategies between Apple and Google. Then, a long discussion about what to do about Intel.


  • An Interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas

    Thursday, January 11, 2024

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    An interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas about building subsystems on the leading edge and evolving Arm’s business model.


  • Instacart IPO, Instacart Conflict, Arm’s IPO Pop

    Tuesday, September 19, 2023

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    Instacart is two different companies in one: the tech company is dependent on but in some respects in conflict with the logistics one. Then, ARM pops.


  • Arm’s F-1, Arm’s Risks, Arm’s Price

    Wednesday, August 23, 2023

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    Arm’s F-1 is out, and while there is a reasonable plan for growth, its hard to justify the price Softbank is hoping for.


  • An Interview with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

    Thursday, May 11, 2023

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    An interview with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon about his history at the company, why Qualcomm is more than a mobile company, and why semiconductors are the future.


  • 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.


  • An Interview with “Father of the iPod” Tony Fadell

    Thursday, May 5, 2022

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    An interview with Tony Fadell about the iPod, iPhone, Apple’s history with Samsung, Nest, the future of ARM, and his new book “Build”.


  • An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about Manufacturing Intelligence

    Monday, March 28, 2022

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    An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about the history of Nvidia, manufacturing intelligence, and how GPUs undergird Aggregation Theory.


  • Peloton’s Operations, Intel Buys Tower Semiconductor, What Now for ARM (plus Intel + RISC-V)

    Tuesday, February 15, 2022

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    One more point on Peloton’s poor operations, then more news from the chip industry: Intel makes an acquisition and ARM is on its own.


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  • The Spurs-Thunder Afterglow, Lakers Angst and Jokic Flopping, The League Sizes Up Its Tanking Problem

    Greatest Of All Talk | Dec 29
    The Spurs-Thunder Afterglow, Lakers Angst and Jokic Flopping, The League Sizes Up Its Tanking Problem
  • The NBA on Christmas: Best Games, Banner Talk, Wemby vs. the Thunder, Anta Claus, and a Quarter-Zip Ultimatum

    Greatest Of All Talk | Dec 24
    The NBA on Christmas: Best Games, Banner Talk, Wemby vs. the Thunder, Anta Claus, and a Quarter-Zip Ultimatum
  • The Knicks Silence the Haters, Closing the Book on the Cup, Chris Paul Sadness and Giannis Weirdness

    Greatest Of All Talk | Dec 19
    The Knicks Silence the Haters, Closing the Book on the Cup, Chris Paul Sadness and Giannis Weirdness

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  • An Interview with Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe About Building a Car Company and Autonomy

    Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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    Thursday, December 11, 2025
  • An Emergency Interview with Michael Nathanson About Netflix’s Acquisition of Warner Bros.

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    Friday, December 12, 2025
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  • ChatGPT Image 1.5; Apple v. Epic, Continued; Holiday Schedule

    Wednesday, December 17, 2025
  • An Interview with Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe About Building a Car Company and Autonomy

    Tuesday, December 16, 2025
  • Disney and OpenAI, Totems in an AI World, Google Versus the World

    Monday, December 15, 2025
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  • The Spurs-Thunder Afterglow, Lakers Angst and Jokic Flopping, The League Sizes Up Its Tanking Problem

    Greatest Of All Talk | Dec 29
    The Spurs-Thunder Afterglow, Lakers Angst and Jokic Flopping, The League Sizes Up Its Tanking Problem
  • The NBA on Christmas: Best Games, Banner Talk, Wemby vs. the Thunder, Anta Claus, and a Quarter-Zip Ultimatum

    Greatest Of All Talk | Dec 24
    The NBA on Christmas: Best Games, Banner Talk, Wemby vs. the Thunder, Anta Claus, and a Quarter-Zip Ultimatum
  • The Knicks Silence the Haters, Closing the Book on the Cup, Chris Paul Sadness and Giannis Weirdness

    Greatest Of All Talk | Dec 19
    The Knicks Silence the Haters, Closing the Book on the Cup, Chris Paul Sadness and Giannis Weirdness

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Interviews

  • An Interview with Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe About Building a Car Company and Autonomy

    Tuesday, December 16, 2025
  • An Interview with Ryan Jones About Flighty and Building Apps in 2025

    Thursday, December 11, 2025
  • An Emergency Interview with Michael Nathanson About Netflix’s Acquisition of Warner Bros.

    Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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