Duct Tape and Data Centers
Duct Tape and 5G – Could Huawei use old, unencumbered technology to build its own data centers? It is possible, but highly impractical.
Tag Archives: AWS
Intel Follow-Up – Data Centers
Intel Follow-Up – Data Centers are no longer the Intel stronghold they once were. AMD has gained share, the big customers are designing their own chips, and suddenly owning the CPU is no longer the strategic high ground it once was.
Gaming – Networking becomes a competitive advantage
We attended the Game Developers (GDC) conference this week. The Google Stadia announcement, in particular, really resonated with us, and we detail the importance of that below. For anyone who […]
Cisco Acquires Luxtera (Happy) and the Tragedy of Photonics (Sad)
Late in December, Cisco announced that it would acquire Luxtera a maker of silicon photonics parts. Luxtera is a cool company. They make ‘silicon photonics’, networking gear that combines the […]
Amazon enters the ARM Server fray
Last week Amazon announced that they have built their own server-grade CPU. We have not touched on this product here for some very specific reasons, but this is big news, […]
Talking my book on Amazon
Amazon reported disappointing results on Thursday, knocking almost 10% off the stock on Friday. I think the company still has a lot going for it, and that this reaction is […]
How profitable is AWS?
I have been travelling a lot over the past two weeks visiting investors for my day job. In one of my last meetings, about five minutes into the conversation I […]
