Big data used to be a storage problem. Then it became a software problem. Today, it is very clearly a silicon problem. The amount of data moving through modern systems is so large, so continuous, and so operationally important that chip design has become one of the most decisive factors in whether a data platform … Read more
Bitcoin is often discussed as software, economics, and ideology. People argue about decentralization, mining incentives, the halving cycle, custody, regulation, and price discovery. Yet beneath all of that sits an uncomfortable and fascinating truth: Bitcoin is also a hardware story. Not just any hardware story, either. It is a story about chips—tiny, specialized pieces of … Read more
Esports looks glamorous from the outside: sold-out arenas, precision mouse flicks, split-second strategy calls, giant LED stages, and production values that rival traditional sports broadcasts. But beneath the spectacle is a ruthless technical reality. Competitive gaming depends on hardware behaving the same way, every time, under pressure. A dropped frame can change a fight. A … Read more
Extended reality is often discussed in terms of headsets, lenses, displays, haptics, and software platforms. But the real politics of XR privacy are being decided much lower in the stack. They are being decided in silicon. When people put on an XR device, they are not simply looking at a screen strapped to the face. … Read more
