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AI Is Eating All the DRAM—And There's No Quick Fix
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AI Is Eating All the DRAM—And There's No Quick Fix

Memory makers can't build fabs fast enough. By end of 2027, supply will cover just 60% of demand. Here's why the shortage could last until 2030—and what it means for AI, your devices, and the chip industry.

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Doyun Han
China's AI Chip Gambit: Alibaba Builds Without Nvidia
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China's AI Chip Gambit: Alibaba Builds Without Nvidia

Alibaba and China Telecom launched a 10,000-chip AI data center in Guangdong powered by Alibaba's homegrown Zhenwu semiconductors. What does China's accelerating chip self-sufficiency mean for Nvidia, global AI competition, and your portfolio?

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Seoyeon Park
When Drones Take Down the Cloud
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When Drones Take Down the Cloud

AWS data centers in Bahrain and UAE were hit by drone strikes. With helium supplies squeezed and energy costs spiking, the Iran conflict is quietly rewiring global tech infrastructure—and your cloud bill.

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Seoyeon Park
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The Raccoon Factory That Could Reshape AI Chips
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The Raccoon Factory That Could Reshape AI Chips

Intel's revived New Mexico fab is betting on advanced chip packaging to challenge TSMC and capture AI market share. Here's why this quiet technology could matter more than the chips themselves.

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DH
Doyun Han
Intel Paid $3B More to Buy Back What It Sold Last Year
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Intel Paid $3B More to Buy Back What It Sold Last Year

Intel repurchases its 49% stake in Ireland's Fab 34 for $14.2B — $3B more than it sold for in 2024. The CPU renaissance driving AI agentic workloads is the real story behind the deal.

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Seoyeon Park
The War You Feel at the Checkout Counter
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The War You Feel at the Checkout Counter

Iran's prolonged conflict is squeezing South Korea's supply chains—from naphtha shortages hitting plastics to helium fears rattling chipmakers. Here's what it means beyond the fuel pump.

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HK
Haneul Kim
The Gas Nobody Stockpiles Is Now the One Everyone Needs
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The Gas Nobody Stockpiles Is Now the One Everyone Needs

As the US-Israel conflict with Iran disrupts Qatar's helium supply, prices have doubled and hospitals fear MRI shortages. Here's why helium is uniquely hard to replace.

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Haneul Kim
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Arm Just Became Its Own Customers' Rival
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Arm Just Became Its Own Customers' Rival

Arm unveiled its first-ever in-house chip targeting AI data centers, projecting $15B in revenue by 2031. But can it grow without burning the ecosystem that made it?

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Seoyeon Park
How a War in Iran Is Hitting South Korea's Economy
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How a War in Iran Is Hitting South Korea's Economy

The Israeli-U.S. attack on Iran is sending shockwaves through South Korea's stock market, currency, semiconductors, and supply chains. Here's why geography no longer insulates any economy.

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HK
Haneul Kim
Arm Just Became Its Own Customer—And Everyone Else's Competitor
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Arm Just Became Its Own Customer—And Everyone Else's Competitor

Arm's first in-house chip, the AGI CPU, breaks a 30-year licensing model. What happens when the company that powers your chip decides to sell one of its own?

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DH
Doyun Han
The $2.5B Chip Smuggling Case That Shook Nvidia's Supply Chain
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The $2.5B Chip Smuggling Case That Shook Nvidia's Supply Chain

A Super Micro co-founder is accused of smuggling $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China using fake servers and forged documents. SMCI stock fell 25%. Here's what it means for export controls and the AI supply chain.

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Seoyeon Park
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70-85% of Your AI Compute Is Doing Nothing Right Now
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70-85% of Your AI Compute Is Doing Nothing Right Now

Gimlet Labs just raised $80M to build software that splits AI workloads across every chip type simultaneously. The pitch: 10x efficiency without buying new hardware.

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Doyun Han
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