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  • A Mid-Finals Mailbag: Instant Classics, Wemby the Villain, Officiating Angst, Brunson and KAT Questions, The Parity Decade, and Lots More

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jun 9
    A Mid-Finals Mailbag: Instant Classics, Wemby the Villain, Officiating Angst, Brunson and KAT Questions, The Parity Decade, and Lots More
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  • The Inference Shift

    Monday, May 11, 2026

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    Agentic inference is going to be different than the inference we use today, and it will change compute infrastructure because speed won’t matter when humans aren’t involved.


  • Jensen Huang and Andy Grove, Groq LPUs and Vera CPUs, Hotel California

    Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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    GTC 2026 marked an important inflection point for Nvidia, as the company is selling multiple architectures, instead of focusing on just one GPU. The motivation is serve all needs and keep all customers.


  • An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About Accelerated Computing

    Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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    An interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about his GTC 2026 keynote, navigating China and DC, and remembering Nvidia’s true nature.


  • Nvidia and Groq, A Stinkily Brilliant Deal, Why This Deal Makes Sense

    Tuesday, January 6, 2026

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    Nvidia is licensing Groq’s technology and hiring most of its employees; it’s the most potent application of tech’s don’t-call-it-an-acquisition deal model yet.


  • An Interview with Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross Reasoning About AI

    Thursday, February 29, 2024

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    An interview with Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross about Gemini, Groq, Sora, Mistral, and why the next big breakthrough is AI that can reason.


  • Groq Costs, Gemini Pro 1.5, Google’s Timidity

    Wednesday, February 21, 2024

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    Groq is expensive and might not scale; that’s not a problem for Google, and Gemini Pro 1.5 shows what is possible with their infrastructure. The company’s manipulation of Gemini, though, shows the company’s timidity.


  • Sora, Groq, and Virtual Reality

    Tuesday, February 20, 2024

    OpenAI’s new video model and a new chip for Groq are important developments in not just AI but also virtual reality.


  • Second-Generation TensorFlow Processing Units, What are TPUs?, Groq

    Monday, May 22, 2017

    Perhaps the most interesting announcement at Google I/O were the second generation Tensor Processing Units and their integration into Google’s cloud. Plus, a competitor looms.


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

    Monday, June 8, 2026
  • An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies

    Thursday, June 4, 2026
  • The Nvidia AI PC, Project Solara, Microsoft AI

    Wednesday, June 3, 2026
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  • A Mid-Finals Mailbag: Instant Classics, Wemby the Villain, Officiating Angst, Brunson and KAT Questions, The Parity Decade, and Lots More

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jun 9
    A Mid-Finals Mailbag: Instant Classics, Wemby the Villain, Officiating Angst, Brunson and KAT Questions, The Parity Decade, and Lots More
  • A Working Siri

    Dithering | Jun 9
    A Working Siri
  • WWDC Questions

    Dithering | Jun 5
    WWDC Questions

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  • 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
  • An Interview with Parallel Founder Parag Agarwal About Valuing Content on the Agentic Web

    Thursday, May 21, 2026
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  • Steph Curry Turns to China
    Friday, June 5, 2026
  • How Spencer Pratt Happens
    Friday, May 29, 2026
  • Elon’s OpenAI Lawsuit Is Boring and Insulting, and It’s Already a Success
    Friday, May 15, 2026
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  • Google Buys Compute From SpaceX, Broadcom’s Outlook, Apple’s AI Politics

    Monday, June 8, 2026
  • An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies

    Thursday, June 4, 2026
  • The Nvidia AI PC, Project Solara, Microsoft AI

    Wednesday, June 3, 2026
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  • A Mid-Finals Mailbag: Instant Classics, Wemby the Villain, Officiating Angst, Brunson and KAT Questions, The Parity Decade, and Lots More

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jun 9
    A Mid-Finals Mailbag: Instant Classics, Wemby the Villain, Officiating Angst, Brunson and KAT Questions, The Parity Decade, and Lots More
  • A Working Siri

    Dithering | Jun 9
    A Working Siri
  • WWDC Questions

    Dithering | Jun 5
    WWDC Questions

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Interviews

  • 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
  • An Interview with Parallel Founder Parag Agarwal About Valuing Content on the Agentic Web

    Thursday, May 21, 2026
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