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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CHIPS Act; America, China, and Intel; Micron and TSMC
The CHIPS Act is flawed in both its premise and implementation, but is worth passing for geopolitical reasons; that, though, means that Intel shouldn’t be calling the shots, particularly since it needs it more than ever.
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More on CarPlay, Car Makers and Phone Carriers, TSMC’s Annual Meeting
Diving into Apple’s CarPlay announcement suggests that Apple is more interested in recruiting car companies than in proposing something new; then, TSMC doubles down
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Apple WWDC, M2, Additional Notes
Notes on WWDC, including the emergent AppleOS, M2 and speculation on M3, and the privacy shoe that didn’t drop
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An Interview with “Father of the iPod” Tony Fadell
An interview with Tony Fadell about the iPod, iPhone, Apple’s history with Samsung, Nest, the future of ARM, and his new book “Build”.
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AMD (and Intel) Earnings, TSMC Earnings, Morris Chang on U.S. Semiconductor Production
AMD and TSMC are rising together, while Intel falls behind; TSMC founder Morris Chang thinks its a mistake to help the latter catch-up.
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Apple Earnings, Apple and Zero-COVID, Apple Pay and the EU
Apple’s earnings were dominated by supply chain issues in China, which are ultimately driven by COVID. Then, the EU gets it right in an antitrust case (for now).
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An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about Manufacturing Intelligence
An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about the history of Nvidia, manufacturing intelligence, and how GPUs undergird Aggregation Theory.
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iPhone Production Site Locked Down, An Interview With Bill Bishop about China (and Substack)
An Interview With Bill Bishop about China’s COVID outbreak, the Ukraine war, and Substack