TSMC
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Intel is in much more danger than its profits suggest; the problems are a long time in the making, and the solution is to split up the company.
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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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Intel is in an increasingly bad position in part because it has been captive to its integrated model. Or, you could simply say they were disrupted.
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An Interview with Substrate CEO James Proud About Building a Disruptive Foundry in America
An interview with Substrate CEO James Proud about X-ray lithography, disrupting TSMC, and betting on American innovation.
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TSMC Earnings, The TSMC Brake, Intel Earnings
TSMC’s earnings reinforce the possibility that TSMC’s willingness to invest is real governor on the AI bubble. Intel needs to provide some competition.
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OpenAI and Broadcom, ChatGPT and XPUs, AMD and Nvidia
OpenAI’s deal with Broadcom makes perfect sense, because OpenAI already knows exactly what workloads it needs to optimize.
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OpenAI’s Windows Play
OpenAI is making a play to be the Windows of AI: the all-encompassing platform that controls both hardware supplier and software developers.
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Nvidia and Intel, Tan’s Earnings Call Negotiation, Deal Specifics
Intel and Nvidia have made a historic deal; it’s good for Intel (and Nvidia), but doesn’t solve their — and the U.S.’s — fundamental problems.
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Oracle Pops, From Databases to AI, Oracle and OpenAI
Oracle’s stock sky-rocketed after reporting massive future performance obligations, mostly from OpenAI. It’s a big risk, but Oracle is uniquely prepared to capitalize.
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An Interview with Dan Kim About Intel, Nvidia, and the U.S. Government
An interview with Dan Kim about the CHIPS program, why the U.S. took a stake in Intel, and the fraught dispute about Nvidia and 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.