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Why did AMD’s random number generator start returning 0x0000?
And why cryptographic randomness matters.
Jan 5 • zach
Why did Nvidia acqui-hire Groq?
And why not SambaNova, Cerebras, or d-Matrix?
Dec 26, 2025 • zach
The 2025 Zach's Tech Blog Holiday Roundup
We made it through another year!
Dec 24, 2025 • zach
Why did Irreducible fail?
The ZKP chip market and the AI chip market aren’t the same.
Dec 1, 2025 • zach
Why did Cadence acquire ChipStack?
And what does it mean for other AI EDA startups?
Nov 11, 2025 • zach
So, I have to talk about Extropic.
It’s probabilistically nothing, right?
Nov 4, 2025 • zach
Making Unconventional Computing Practical
Lessons learned from building weird chips for years.
Oct 22, 2025 • zach
RL isn’t the silver bullet for AI-powered chip design
But new EDA tools could change that…
Sep 25, 2025 • zach
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