This week, we discuss Intel’s CEO “resignation,” the rise of custom silicon, and the biggest announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some thoughts on the simple satisfaction of label makers.
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Runner-up Titles
re:Primitives
Primitives, Re:invented
Chatbots, Call Center Agents and Dev Co-Pilots.
Thanksquitting
Even the paranoid die
Pardon me while I commoditize your business.
Being paranoid has nothing to do with it
This is a trailing indicator
Robotic Cows.
ARMchair Quarterbacking (that was funny!)
Arm is going to get X86’d
One Bill
Rundown
Intel
Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241202016400/en/Intel-Announces-Retirement-of-CEO-Pat-Gelsinger)
Intel CEO Forced Out After Board Grew Frustrated With Progress (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-02/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-retires-amid-chipmaker-s-turnaround-plan?embedded-checkout=true)
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Resigns After Struggling to Turn Around Chip Maker (https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-ceo-gelsinger-retires-leaves-board-cb2478e6?mod=mhp)
Intel CEO takes his leave as ambition meets reality (https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/02/intel_gelsinger_leave/)
Are Intel’s Problems Too Big to Fix? (https://www.wsj.com/tech/are-intels-problems-too-big-to-fix-442a7dd7)
Nvidia Keeps Its Old Chips Selling Hot (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-keeps-its-old-chips-selling-hot-2596f11e?mod=article_inline)
AWS Re:invent 2024
Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2024 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2024/)
CEO Matt Garman unveils the future of cloud with generative AI and agentic workflows (https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/01/aws-reinvent-2024-ceo-matt-garman-unveils-future-cloud-generative-ai-agentic-workflows/)
Introducing queryable object metadata for Amazon S3 buckets (preview) (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-queryable-object-metadata-for-amazon-s3-buckets-preview/)
Amazon EC2 Trn2 Instances and Trn2 UltraServers for AI/ML training and inference are now available (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ec2-trn2-instances-and-trn2-ultraservers-for-aiml-training-and-inference-is-now-available/)
New Amazon Q Developer agent capabilities include generating documentation, code reviews, and unit tests (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-q-developer-agent-capabilities-include-generating-documentation-code-reviews-and-unit-tests/)
Build faster, more cost-efficient, highly accurate models with Amazon Bedrock Model Distillation (preview) (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/build-faster-more-cost-efficient-highly-accurate-models-with-amazon-bedrock-model-distillation-preview/)
New APIs in Amazon Bedrock to enhance RAG applications, now available (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-apis-in-amazon-bedrock-to-enhance-rag-applications-now-available/)
New RAG evaluation and LLM-as-a-judge capabilities in Amazon Bedrock (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-rag-evaluation-and-llm-as-a-judge-capabilities-in-amazon-bedrock/)
Relevant to your Interests
1Password Interviewing Banks for Possible 2025 Public Offering (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-21/1password-interviewing-banks-for-possible-2025-public-offering)
FTC reportedly opens antitrust investigation into Microsoft | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/27/ftc-reportedly-opens-antitrust-investigation-into-microsoft/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky)
This $89 Wi-Fi router is designed to let you run whatever firmware you want (https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/2/24310967/openwrt-one-wi-fi-router-available-price-software-freedom-conservancy)
Some Simple Economics of the Google Antitrust Case - Marginal REVOLUTION (https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/12/some-simple-economics-of-the-google-antitrust-case.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=some-simple-economics-of-the-google-antitrust-case)
Modern Work Fucking Sucks. (https://www.joanwestenberg.com/modern-work-fucking-sucks/)
Broadcom Announces the General Availability of VMware Tanzu Platform (https://blogs.vmware.com/tanzu/broadcom-announces-the-general-availability-of-vmware-tanzu-platform-10-making-it-easier-for-customers-to-build-and-launch-new-applications-in-the-private-cloud/)
Gartner Identifies Top Three Priorities for CMOs to Deliver Marketing Excellence in 2025 (https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-12-03-gartner-identifies-top-three-priorities-for-cmos-to-deliver-marketing-excellence-in-2025)
Data resilience firm Veeam scores $15B valuation in $2B secondary sale (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/04/data-resilience-company-veeam-valued-at-15bn-after-2bn-secondary-sale/)
LogicMonitor's massive $800M raise shows AI is driving the demand monitoring (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/20/logic-monitor-massive-800m-raise-shows-ai-drives-demand-for-data-center-monitoring/)
Nonsense
Drones With Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump Into the Air (https://spectrum.ieee.org/bird-drone)
How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life (https://www.wired.com/story/murderbot-she-wrote-martha-wells/)
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