We separate almost everything, from fruit to microchips. ~15% of worldwide energy is spent on separation processes. 15%!!

AI people are the nth people.

“Canva for microsystems” 🤔

Vertical Integrators are companies that: 1. Integrate multiple cutting-edge-but-proven technologies. 2. Develop significant in-house capabilities across their stack. 3. Modularize commoditized components while controlling overall system integration. 4. Compete directly with

“a network connection requires radio communication, through Bluetooth, WiFi, or cellular data. All of these technologies need at least 100 milliwatts of power to run continuously. This isn’t much when you are connected to a mains power supply, but you’ll quickly run down anything

Mathematicians might want to lawyer up

Hell’s front porch is PG-13. The pollening is rated R.

Can we discuss the extreme energy intensity of the process itself?

“I see a much larger problem at work: Journalists and news executives — and I include myself in this critique — were never equipped with the tools of theory and history to inform self-reflection on our field and to imagine alternative means and models of serving our public.”

updated the computing-infused fortune cookies to give the fortune some more personality (also experimenting with a way for you to leave a custom note on the website if you want to gift it)

We can fabricate this circuit in a single desktop-sized tool in less than a minute 👀

Lite Brite. A display that anyone can "code."

It’s nutty that late model transistors each cost ~$0.000000001 but a single custom circuit with ~10-100k transistors costs at least ~$3500 and you have to wait 6-9 months.

So … by the transitive property … chemical engineers explain the entire 20th century? youtu.be/sveBcfz0fHk?si…

Jensen articulates very well a key difference between CPUs and GPUs. Note that NVDA has historically not been the lead adopter of the most advanced process technology. “Parallel processing doesn’t require every transistor to be excellent. Serial processing requires every

Self driving car? > PID loop Rocket that lands itself? > PID loop Hypersonic ICBM? > PID loop Your thermostat? > PID loop

And how shall we measure energy? Barrels of oil equivalent, of course! Unless it’s for a car, in which case we shall use the gallon of gasoline equivalent. Or food, where we will use the kilocalorie! But we will call them - Calories. And heating, where we shall use the British