AI/HPC

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The AI ASIC Market, Part 5: The Inference Economy Has Many Winners

NVIDIA's strategic response to the independent AI chip challengers, and the structural reasons the inference economy has many winners.

Ian Philpot Michael San Miguel
AI/HPC
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The AI ASIC Market, Part 4: The AI Chip Companies Outside the NVIDIA Fight

Tenstorrent and Tensordyne aren't fighting NVIDIA head-to-head. They're betting on different markets and different architectures.

Ian Philpot Michael San Miguel
AI/HPC
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The AI ASIC Market, Part 3: The Independent AI Chip Companies Taking on NVIDIA

How Groq, Cerebras, and Etched are challenging NVIDIA — and what their valuations signal for purpose-built compute infrastructure.

Ian Philpot Michael San Miguel
AI/HPC
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The AI ASIC Market, Part 2: How Broadcom and Marvell Quietly Power Hyperscaler AI

Two companies enable 80% of hyperscaler custom AI silicon. Here's how they got there and where they're headed.

Ian Philpot Michael San Miguel
AI/HPC
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The AI ASIC Market, Part 1: Hyperscaler Silicon — Google TPU, AWS Trainium, Microsoft Maia, Meta MTIA & OpenAI's Custom Chip

Google, AWS, Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI are all building custom AI chips. Here's where each program stands.

Ian Philpot Michael San Miguel
AI/HPC
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What Is an AI ASIC? A Complete Guide to AI Chips and How They Compare to GPUs

The complete guide to AI ASICs: what they are, who makes them, and why they're eating the GPU market.

Ian Philpot
Ian Philpot
AI/HPC
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T-Shirts vs Tailored Suits: Procurement Differences Between AI Hardware & ASICs

What Bitcoin miners need to understand before they commit to AI infrastructure — and which instincts will mislead them.

Ian Philpot Michael San Miguel
AI/HPC
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Used GPUs for AI: The Secondary Market Reshaping Enterprise Compute

The B2B market for used and refurbished data center GPUs, mapped: pricing, players, and the depreciation debate.

Ian Philpot
Ian Philpot
AI/HPC