Chips
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Moore’s Law is not yet dead, nor is Moore’s Precept, even if AI computes differently. Addressing both is the key to succeeding with the China chip ban.
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Understanding the path the semiconductor industry took to today both shows where China needs to go and also explains why the risks for geopolitical conflict are higher than ever.
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TSMC showed the power of modularization, and now they are core to the U.S. national security strategy.
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Nvidia Backs OpenAI Data Center, Anthropic News, Google Buys Spirit Airlines Data
Nvidia makes another deal, this time with a frontier lab; Anthropic’s revenue continues to amaze; and maybe data finally is oil.
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Nvidia’s Risky Business
Nvidia is finding new ways for its customers to raise money, and it’s expanding the risk of the AI buildout significantly.
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Apple Earnings, More on Amazon’s Earnings
Apple’s earnings (and stock) are limited not by memory but rather chip shortages; then, more on Amazon’s earnings and Andy Jassy’s market analysis.
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An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute
An interview with Ben Bajarin about WWDC and the status of the AI compute industry.
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Google Buys Compute From SpaceX, Broadcom’s Outlook, Apple’s AI Politics
Google’s deal with SpaceX, and Broadcom’s earnings, both seem bullish for Nvidia. Then, what I’m looking for at WWDC.
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The Nvidia AI PC, Project Solara, Microsoft AI
The Nvidia AI PC feels like a relic of another AI era; Microsoft’s vision for devices at Build was much more compelling.
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The SpaceX IPO and Data Centers in Space
There isn’t a financial model that justifies the SpaceX IPO, but data centers in space are plausible, and that might be enough.
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Nvidia Earnings, The AI Stack, Nvidia’s New Reporting
Nvidia is changing its reporting to delineate between hyperscaler sales — where Nvidia is fighting commoditization — and everyone else, where Nvidia runs the whole stack.
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The Deployment Company, Back to the 70s, Apple and Intel
OpenAI is forming a new company to deploy AI, and the other labs aren’t far behind, reinforcing the thesis that AI’s impact will require top-down implementation. Then, Apple has economic reasons to work with Intel.