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I
Hey, I resent that -- I'm not a backend guy, I'm a high-speed custom mixed-signal / technology guy... ;-)
(but I talk to both front-end...
Thursday at 12:01 PM
M
Perhaps Google look at these questions like they consider office space: renting the expertise vs owning it. There are pros and cons...
Thursday at 11:17 AM
I said the same thing when I programmed in LISP 45 years ago. No way would AI be able to do anything useful! And I was right for 40...
Thursday at 9:58 AM
K
The global space economy is entering a new phase. Falling launch costs, reusable rockets, and a surge of private investment are turning...
Thursday at 9:41 AM
M
We used Broadcom as a custom ASIC supplier in the past, they did all the design and dealt with packaging and testing and shipped...
Thursday at 9:40 AM
C
Earlier comments on SemiWiki suggested that Broadcom was "just doing some back-end support" for the TPUs / AI processors. According to...
Thursday at 8:34 AM
S
14A is like 27 risk production anyway. I have only heard that Intel rates 18A somewhat near N3P in terms of PPA and 18AP is like close...
Thursday at 8:22 AM
I
But Intel claim 14A has better PPA than N2... ;-)
(yes I know, it's too late for Nova Lake...)
Thursday at 8:16 AM
S
It's pretty simple N2 is outright better on PPA according to Intel products and they need that to compete so they went with N2 for high...
Thursday at 8:13 AM
I
https://semiwiki.com/forum/threads/intel-at-morgan-stanley-conference-2026-mar-04.24677/
Thursday at 8:13 AM
Lack of fab capacity will get even worse if they succeed in attracting any decent-volume foundry business... ;-)
Thursday at 8:11 AM
It's worth noting that AI so far only has 'second hand' input to understand the world. No direct experience, and what it does "know"...
Thursday at 8:11 AM
I
Exactly!
Side note: perhaps we should wait until Fab 52 is loaded to half of planned production capacity before we say 18A is ramped...
Thursday at 8:10 AM
B
Exactly. GO INTEL!
Thursday at 8:10 AM
I
I don't now what the TPU die size is but I expect it'll be pretty big, implying a KGD cost of several hundred dollars. In which case...
Thursday at 8:08 AM