Transistor Radio episode 30. We talk Google earnings, rank the US & Japan AI labs, and discuss the only possible successor to Tim Apple. @jordanschneider.bsky.social creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dou...

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...

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

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

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)

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

The End of Dennard Scaling

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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.

New video today. It’s about the weather. Fascinating right? youtu.be/OY3AeB-VVO0

The Computer Revolutionized Weather Forecasting

YouTube video by Asianometry

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

In today's joint ChinaTalk-Transistor Radio, Dylan, Doug, Jon, and Jordan go through their top 3 stories of 2024. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dou...