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 Earnings, Moats and China, Nvidia vs. the AI Labs
Nvidia’s earning continue to be governed by supply — and reasoning models make that even more the case. Plus, why Nvidia is so desperate to get back into China.
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U.S. Intel
The U.S. taking an equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea; it also happens to be the least bad idea to make Intel Foundry viable.
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China AI Chips, A China Chip Control Framework, Whither HBM
President’s Trump plan for the U.S. to get paid by Nvidia and AMD for China exports is dubious, but overall policy is headed in the right direction.
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Tesla and Samsung, Customer Service and Intel, The U.S. Semi Supply Chain
Tesla is making future chips with Samsung, likely cementing the Korean company as the industry’s second supplier.
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TSMC Earnings; A16 and TSMC’s Approach to Backside Power; Intel Earnings, Architecture, and AI
TSMC and Intel’s approach to backside power are downstream of their cultures: customer-centric versus self-serving. It may doom the latter.
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Nvidia Earnings, Nvidia’s China Argument, NVLink Fusion
Nvidia’s earnings suggest that inference is taking off, but the loss of China is a problem in the long run. Then, Nvidia moves to dominate networking for everyone.
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An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About Chip Controls, AI Factories, and Enterprise Pragmatism
An interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about new problems, including chip controls and China, and new opportunities, including AI Factories and enterprise pragmatism.
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Microsoft Earnings, Microsoft’s Core Capability, Amazon Earnings
Microsoft and Amazon are approaching AI differently, in ways that reflect their core capabilities.
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Intel Earnings, TSMC Earnings
Intel’s earnings were brutal; TSMC, in stark contrast, is absolutely killing it.
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Apple and the Ghosts of Companies Past
Apple is not doomed, but for the first time in a long time its long-term fortunes are cloudy; the time to make change is now.