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Asianometry @asianometry.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Happy new year, every one. In tonight's unhinged episode, Dylan recounts a wild Christmas. We talk Deepseek V3 and dispel several misunderstandings. We discuss Al Pastor and its differences with shawarma. And close with microplastics. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dou...

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Episode 29: Christmas, Deepseek v3, Al Pastor, Microplastics by Transistor Radio

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Asianometry @asianometry.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

In a 2005 oral history with the Chemical Heritage Foundation, outgoing Intel CEO Craig Barrett said about concerns about Paul Otellini not being a technical CEO

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Asianometry @asianometry.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Remembering back to the days when Intel inspired this kind of fear, whilst reading Tae Kim’s excellent new Nvidia book

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Asianometry @asianometry.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Came across this news story about a semiconductor fab in Malaysia suffering a headless ghost attack, which necessitated the summoning of a witch doctor, a goat sacrifice, and a feast. (Alberni Valley Times, June 1976)

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Asianometry @asianometry.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Today's video is a bit more niche. It's about the end of Dennard Scaling, which brought about a great deal of change in how compute is done today No comment on the Intel CEO news other than 🍿 youtu.be/7p8ZeSbblec

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The End of Dennard Scaling

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Asianometry @asianometry.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Charlie Sporck writes in his memoirs about a 1981-82 meeting between the Americans and Japanese semi folks. During the meeting, one Japanese executive called US firms "boutique", leading the legendary Bob Noyce to shout back and forth with an NEC exec about Japanese subsidies for semiconductors.

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Asianometry @asianometry.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A rare magazine ad from TSMC. Published by Forbes in the late 1990s.

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