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A collection of 14 issues
Exploring the Iron Law of Cloud-Era Datacenter Infrastructure
On more than occasion in the recent past, I’ve discussed why I believe Nvidia’s impressive sprint to nosebleed heights on the stock market has set the stage for a descent to a more modest plateau. In the end, Nvidia’s inevitable decline in market valuation will result from
The Cloud Era Abides: Why Nvidia Has Not Subverted the Status Quo
In closing yesterday’s post, I wrote the following:
One analyst yesterday said that Microsoft’s mildly disappointing cloud results, combined with its ever-expanding capital expenditures, represented a “transfer of wealth from Microsoft shareholders to Nvidia shareholders.”
Tomorrow I will challenge such a facile view, which is, at best, glancingly
Goldman Sachs' Intriguingly Ambiguous Assessment of the GenAI Market
“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book— what everyone else does not say in a book.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche said some batshit-crazy stuff, particularly after he was stricken by syphilis – or was it brain cancer? Regardless of what afflicted Nietzsche, the
Twitter’s Role in Strengthening Musk’s Grip on Tesla
Years ago, when I worked for a technology company that developed and sold infrastructure software (an intentionally ambiguous description to protect the guilty and the innocent), I had a colleague who espoused a refreshingly frank worldview. He believed that the decisions of our board and senior executives could be attributed
An Unconventional Approach to Investing Amid Mega-Cap Market Dominance
Presenting a Tapas Menu of Recent Tech News
Each week, we’re swamped by events and information. It’s hard to keep up. We do our best to remain apprised of what matters to us, but relevant developments can evade the notice of even the most diligent observer.
What follows are news items that caught my attention but
Treading Carefully on Oracle's AI-Inspired Growth Narrative
Are Troubled Restaurants Canaries in the Consumer-Economy Coal Mine?
Market Frenzy Pressures AI Engineers to Burnout and Despair
You may have heard that we’re in the midst of an AI market frenzy. You might choose to call it an AI gold rush, or, if you’re less favorably disposed, an AI mania. Whatever you choose to call what’s happening today, I think we can all agree