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Crossbar’s new security chip isn’t actually secure.

Taalas is what Etched should have been.

Why is OpenAI partnering with Cerebras?

Why did AMD’s random number generator start returning 0x0000?

Why did Nvidia acqui-hire Groq?

The 2025 Zach's Tech Blog Holiday Roundup

Why did Irreducible fail?

Why did Cadence acquire ChipStack?

So, I have to talk about Extropic.

Making Unconventional Computing Practical

RL isn’t the silver bullet for AI-powered chip design

How did AMD’s secure enclave get hacked?

Why did Tesla Dojo fail?

Sabotaging AI models with GPUHammer

Why did Tenstorrent just buy Blue Cheetah?

Why is it so hard for startups to compete with Cadence?

Why did Untether AI fail?

Why is SambaNova giving up on AI training?

Why is it taking so long to build new IP cores?

Scaling Thermodynamic Computing

Softbank is building an AI datacenter empire

What’s the difference between all these quantum computers?

LLMs will power next-gen chip IP companies.

AI chip startups don’t need to be great to get acquired.

Apple’s M-series CPUs just got hacked.

Side channel attacks on AI chips are very real.

Hacking Trusted Execution Environments with BadRAM

The Zach’s Tech Blog Holiday Roundup

Novel cryptography needs novel hardware.

Is Google’s new quantum chip actually useful?