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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DeepSeek FAQ
DeepSeek has completely upended people’s expectations for AI and competition with China. What is it, and why does it matter?
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Stratechery Updates, DeepSeek-R1, DeepSeek Implications
DeepSeek, a Chinese company, has a reasoning model similar to o1, except that it is actually open.
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An Interview with Jon Yu About YouTube and Making Semiconductors
An interview with Asianometry founder Jon Yu about starting and running a successful YouTube channel, how semiconductors are made, and the past and future of Intel and TSMC.
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Rapidus, The End of Economic Rationality, AI Disruption
Rapidus, Japan’s new foundry on the leading edge, doesn’t make economic sense; it is one of many examples in that regard, as the world enters a new age of uncertainty and AI.
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An Interview with Gregory Allen About the State of China Chip Export Controls
An interview with Gregory Allen about the Biden administrations latest wave of China chip export controls, including what went wrong previously, and why the U.S. needs to accept it already declared silicon war.
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Intel’s Death and Potential Revival
Intel died when mobile cost it its software differentiation; if the U.S. wants a domestic foundry, then it ought to leverage the need for AI chips to make an independent Intel foundry viable.
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An Interview with Tae Kim about Jensen Huang and The Nvidia Way
An interview with Tae Kim about his new book, The Nvidia Way, and how Jensen Huang built Nvidia to continuously invent the future.
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AWS re:Invent, Nova and Model Choice, AI as Commodity
AWS’ re:Invent keynote was predicated on the idea that AI becomes a commodity, not something eternally special.
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Gelsinger Out at Intel, What Happened, Ten Years Too Late
Pat Gelsinger is out as Intel CEO. It seems likely that the board has cold feet about the foundry business, and a split may be forthcoming.
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Nvidia Earnings, Strawberry and Video, The Networking Question
Nvidia’s results continue to be best understood by the imbalance between supply and demand; that story, though, differs between Blackwell and Hopper, and it impacts both Nvidia’s prospects and its networking sales.