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Compatibility and Fragmentation in the AI Era
New architectures pose new challenges but AI may help to provide solutions and break down barriers
Mar 11
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Nvidia's Groq Plot Thickens
Jonathan Ross 'Builds Fast'
Mar 4
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The Origins and Limitations of AMD's Historic Revival
Hector Ruiz almost oversaw AMD's end in the 2000s but the risks paid off - eventually!
Feb 12
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Demystifying GPU Compute Architectures
Feb 4, 2024
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Google's First Tensor Processing Unit : Architecture
Mar 24, 2024
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Qualcomm RISCs, Arm Pulls: The Legal Battle for the Future of Client Computing
Nov 16, 2024
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Demystifying NPUs: Questions & Answers
Jun 10, 2024
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Learning Assembly for Fun, Performance and Profit
Feb 14, 2025
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A History of C Compilers - Part 1: Performance, Portability and Freedom
May 5, 2024
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Intel's Larabee Legacy
Intel's long series of unforced errors on graphics and vector instructions
Jan 24
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Qualcomm's Ventana RISC-V Acquisition
Qualcomm has won one architecture battle but is still engaged in another CPU contest
Jan 13
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Jensen Groks Groq
On Nvidia's fascinating 'acqui-something' of AI chip startup Groq
Dec 31, 2025
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TPU Mania
Is GPU vs TPU the CISC vs RISC contest of the modern era?
Dec 13, 2025
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Qualcomm's Hexagon AI Accelerators
Can Qualcomm’s smartphone NPUs give it an edge in AI datacenters?
Nov 6, 2025
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Nexperia's Long History, Tangled Present and Uncertain Future
Low tech can be geopolitically significant too
Oct 18, 2025
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Obsolescence
How long will your chips last for? A complicated multi-trillion dollar question.
Oct 15, 2025
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Arm's Chief Architect on the History of the Arm Architecture
Richard Grisenthwaite talks decades of Arm history
Sep 20, 2025
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The PC was never a true 'IBMer'
Why IBM lost the PC market
Sep 13, 2025
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