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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An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About Building a Consumer Tech Company
An interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about building OpenAI and ChatGPT, and what it means to be an accidental consumer tech company.
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Nvidia GTC and ASICs, The Power Constraint, The Pareto Frontier
Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote was a compelling argument in favor of Nvidia’s position relative to ASICs when it comes to inference.
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Intel’s New CEO, Reevaluating Gelsinger, Lip-Bu Tan and Cadence
Intel’s new CEO casts Pat Gelsinger’s tenure and firing in a new light: was Intel’s problem simply bad execution?
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Apple AI’s Platform Pivot Potential
Apple AI is delayed, and Apple may be trying to do too much; what the company ought to do is empower developers to make AI applications.
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More TSMC Fabs in the U.S., Taiwan’s Trump Card
TSMC announced new fabs in the U.S., but without dates and processes it’s safe to assume Taiwan is keeping its Silicon Shield.
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An Interview with Benedict Evans About AI Unknowns
An interview with Benedict Evans about AI lessons over the last year, and the many unresolved issues that will impact industry structure going forward.
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More Chip Curbs?, Google LLM Status Check
Ending the chip ban might be a mistake; I just hope people pushing for more realize that could be wrong as well. Then, Google’s current position with LLMs, and the importance of GCP.
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AI Promise and Chip Precariousness
The AI industry is more exciting than ever, but the chip situation is very precarious and requires drastic action.
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The iPhone 16e; Apple Intelligence Table Stakes; Apple vs. U.K, Continued
The iPhone 16e is more expensive than the SE it replaces, but the situation is probably temporary as Apple resets its lineup for Apple Intelligence
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Grok 3, The Nvidia Shortcut, Competitive Implications
Grok 3 appears to be state of the art; that speaks to the power of Nvidia, and actually increases the pressure to spend more.