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Tensordyne is making AI compute more efficient using logarithms.

But is compute efficiency the thing that matters?

10 hrs ago • zach

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How the hell is Groq raising more money?

Somehow, Palpatine returned.

Jun 1 • zach

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Why did AMD’s random number generator start returning 0x0000?

And why cryptographic randomness matters.

Jan 5 • zach

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December 2025

Why did Nvidia acqui-hire Groq?

And why not SambaNova, Cerebras, or d-Matrix?

Dec 26, 2025 • zach

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The 2025 Zach's Tech Blog Holiday Roundup

We made it through another year!

Dec 24, 2025 • zach

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Why did Irreducible fail?

The ZKP chip market and the AI chip market aren’t the same.

Dec 1, 2025 • zach

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November 2025

Why did Cadence acquire ChipStack?

And what does it mean for other AI EDA startups?

Nov 11, 2025 • zach

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So, I have to talk about Extropic.

It’s probabilistically nothing, right?

Nov 4, 2025 • zach

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