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TPU Mania • Is GPU vs TPU the CISC vs RISC contest of the modern era?
TPU Mania
Is GPU vs TPU the CISC vs RISC contest of the modern era?
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December 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
TPU Mania • Is GPU vs TPU the CISC vs RISC contest of the modern era?
Qualcomm's Hexagon AI Accelerators • Can Qualcomm’s smartphone NPUs give it an edge in AI datacenters?
Qualcomm's Hexagon AI Accelerators
Can Qualcomm’s smartphone NPUs give it an edge in AI datacenters?
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Qualcomm's Hexagon AI Accelerators • Can Qualcomm’s smartphone NPUs give it an edge in AI datacenters?
Nexperia's Long History, Tangled Present and Uncertain Future • 'Low tech' can be geopolitically significant too
Nexperia's Long History, Tangled Present and Uncertain Future
'Low tech' can be geopolitically significant too
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Nexperia's Long History, Tangled Present and Uncertain Future • 'Low tech' can be geopolitically significant too
Obsolescence • How long will your chips last for? It's a complex multi-trillion dollar question.
Obsolescence
How long will your chips last for? It's a complex multi-trillion dollar question.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Obsolescence • How long will your chips last for? It's a complex multi-trillion dollar question.
Arm's Chief Architect on the History of the Arm Architecture • Richard Grisenthwaite talks decades of Arm history
Arm's Chief Architect on the History of the Arm Architecture
Richard Grisenthwaite talks decades of Arm history
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Arm's Chief Architect on the History of the Arm Architecture • Richard Grisenthwaite talks decades of Arm history
The PC was never a true 'IBMer' • Why IBM lost the PC market
The PC was never a true 'IBMer'
Why IBM lost the PC market
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The PC was never a true 'IBMer' • Why IBM lost the PC market
How Big was IBM? • 'Big Blue' was certainly big but how does it compare to today's tech giants?
How Big was IBM?
'Big Blue' was certainly big but how does it compare to today's tech giants?
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
How Big was IBM? • 'Big Blue' was certainly big but how does it compare to today's tech giants?
Intel in Oz • What to make of Intel's turbulent few weeks?
Intel in Oz
What to make of Intel's turbulent few weeks?
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Intel in Oz • What to make of Intel's turbulent few weeks?
Source Control • What to make of 'Source Code', the first volume of Bill Gates's memoirs?
Source Control
What to make of 'Source Code', the first volume of Bill Gates's memoirs?
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Source Control • What to make of 'Source Code', the first volume of Bill Gates's memoirs?
Turing Award Histories • Curating Computer History Museum Oral Histories
Turing Award Histories
Curating Computer History Museum Oral Histories
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Turing Award Histories • Curating Computer History Museum Oral Histories
MIPS • The hyperactive history and legacy of the pioneering RISC architecture
MIPS
The hyperactive history and legacy of the pioneering RISC architecture
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
MIPS • The hyperactive history and legacy of the pioneering RISC architecture
Huang's Law • "There's a new law going on"
Huang's Law
"There's a new law going on"
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Huang's Law • "There's a new law going on"
The End of Simplification: Intel Abandons X86S • Backwards compatibility wins again
The End of Simplification: Intel Abandons X86S
Backwards compatibility wins again
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The End of Simplification: Intel Abandons X86S • Backwards compatibility wins again
Apple In China • Patrick McGee's important new book
Apple In China
Patrick McGee's important new book
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Apple In China • Patrick McGee's important new book
Markdown and Substack - A Bear Workflow
Markdown and Substack - A Bear Workflow
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Markdown and Substack - A Bear Workflow
The birth, rise and eclipse of the personal computer • A look back at the 'personal computer' at fifty.
The birth, rise and eclipse of the personal computer
A look back at the 'personal computer' at fifty.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The birth, rise and eclipse of the personal computer • A look back at the 'personal computer' at fifty.
David Patterson on Software Engineering Daily • RISC-V, AI and more ...
David Patterson on Software Engineering Daily
RISC-V, AI and more ...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
David Patterson on Software Engineering Daily • RISC-V, AI and more ...
COBOLers • DOGE, Risks and Rewards
COBOLers
DOGE, Risks and Rewards
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
COBOLers • DOGE, Risks and Rewards
Nvidia's PTX • Some background to the 'virtual instruction set' that underpins CUDA
Nvidia's PTX
Some background to the 'virtual instruction set' that underpins CUDA
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Nvidia's PTX • Some background to the 'virtual instruction set' that underpins CUDA
The Soul of an Old Machine • A Pulitzer Prize winning book about designing a minicomputer
The Soul of an Old Machine
A Pulitzer Prize winning book about designing a minicomputer
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Soul of an Old Machine • A Pulitzer Prize winning book about designing a minicomputer