Intel $INTC announced 1Q earnings that were far above expectations. The stock is up 22% in aftermarket trading as I write this. Revenue and EPS crushed expectations. Guidance was also above analyst estimates. On the conference call, there was positive discussion regarding yields improving faster than expected in the 18A plant, a key part … Read more
IBM pays $11B for Confluent and brings its real-time data streaming in-house. They’re aiming to integrate the AI cloud ecosystem across devices. Nvidia thinks it has a way to turn AI datacenters from something that stresses the grid to something that stabilizes it. This is the solution we’ve seen from many Bitcoin miners. Let’s hope … Read more
The US and Israel are knocking out Ayatollahs as fast as Iran can appoint them. Did they kill the entire 88-member council that appoints the next one? We don’t know which explains why DKI didn’t make changes to the portfolio this week despite high market volatility. Our long-term thesis explaining why we own Bitcoin, gold, … Read more
It was a big week for the tech industry. Nvidia and Meta signed a deal for GPUs and CPUs that caused (valid) concerns about Intel and AMD. Google is making a bid for a share of the AI chip business with its TPUs. And if the future trend for compute goes from training to inference, … Read more
Yesterday, Nvidia $NVDA announced it would develop chips for Meta $META datacenters based on $ARM technology. Some analysts think this is a threat to Intel $INTC and $AMD. That concern is valid. There are a lot of moving parts so let’s go through the details. 1) Intel and AMD produce chips based on the … Read more
It’s been a volatile few days. Let’s recap: The Federal Reserve: I continue to believe the market is overestimating the impact Fed Chair nominee, Warsh, could have on the economy and the markets. Last week, there was reasonable fear that Warsh would be hawkish (favoring higher interest rates). I’m skeptical of that take, despite … Read more
