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Is NVIDIA like Sun from the Dot Com Bubble?

Is NVIDIA like Sun from the Dot Com Bubble?

FromOxide and Friends


Is NVIDIA like Sun from the Dot Com Bubble?

FromOxide and Friends

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Length:
89 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Every so often we like to give our Oxide and Friends hot takes (or as Adam puts it "Bryan getting trolled on Twitter"). This time, a viral tweet suggests that NVIDIA is on the same trajectory as Sun Microsystems on its ascent during the Dot Com Bubble. From two alumni of Sun's rise and fall: maaaaybe not.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers included Todd Gamblin.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:The Tweet!OxF: Innovation Stagnation? -- wherein we forgot to read the tweetFramework laptop RISC-V mainboardTadpole SPARCbookOxF: A Requiem for SPARC with Tom Lyon -- we're RISC dead-endersAcquired on NVIDIA: part I, part II, part III, JensenRIVA 128OxF: Steve Jobs & the Next Big ThingIf we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!
Released:
Jun 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Oxide hosts a weekly Twitter Space where we discuss a wide range of topics: computer history, startups, Oxide hardware bringup, and other topics du jour. These are the recordings in podcast form. Join us Mondays at 5pm PT for an hour or so to catch us live.