Many, Many, Little Pieces Means Big Performance
Jesse Chan | May 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment
Are you seeing the trend for increasing performance?
Computing
Intel CPU multicore (currently, 8 cores)
NVIDIA/AMD GPU multicore (currently, hundreds of cores)
Storage
Fusion-IO Drive multiple flash RAM modules (currently, hundreds of modules)
Power
Tesla Motors vehicle power pack made up of multiple batteries (currently, hundreds of batteries)
Many little pieces working efficiently together with a controller is the formula. Whether for […]
iPhone 3
Jesse Chan | February 5th, 2009 | 5 Comments
The rumor mill has been buzzing, once again, about the possibility of a new iPhone. Apple’s Senior VP, Phil Schiller, mentioned that June is the normal release time for new iPhones, and the last 2 years have been right around that timeframe. So what is next? What could Apple possibly change to make us want […]
Apple’s Strategy is to Partner with Leaders
Jesse Chan | December 17th, 2007 | 2 Comments
People seem to think Apple is a big, risk-taking company. That is true, but the risks they take are calculated ones. The switch from IBM PowerPC to Intel x86 chips was a big risk at the time — given the possibility of alienating Apple’s customer base. The risks to branch out their product […]
NVidia Stock: Over 11x in 4 years!
Jesse Chan | October 25th, 2007 | 2 Comments
On August 9, 2004, NVidia stock opened at $3.23 per share (split-adjusted). Today, even with a large, one-day price drop, NVidia stock opened at $36.85. That’s over 11.4 times in a little over 4 years! To put that in perspective, it has been a better stock than Google in the same time […]
NVIDIA’s Playbook
Jesse Chan | September 3rd, 2007 | 2 Comments
Just a year ago, NVIDIA and ATI were in the midst of a war for graphics processing unit (GPU) supremacy in the $18 Billion a year video game industry. Then, ATI was bought out by AMD. At the time, there was talk that the combined technologies from ATI’s GPUs and AMD’s CPUs […]