Ian Cutress

Ian Cutress

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Chief Analyst at More Than Moore; creator of TechTechPotato; covers semiconductors, AI hardware, HPC/GPU roadmaps, and ecosystem dynamics.

Sharing Embargoed Samples May Violate NDA, Even After Release
SocialApr 24, 2026

Sharing Embargoed Samples May Violate NDA, Even After Release

If one media org under temporary NDA ships their sample to another media org who isn't under that NDA, but they both post results after the embargo, did the first technically break their NDA? 🤔 What if they then admit...

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At Scale, H100 GPUs Fail Hourly Despite
SocialApr 23, 2026

At Scale, H100 GPUs Fail Hourly Despite

Using the following data, the mean time between failures for a single GPU is 5.8 years. "419 unexpected interruptions over 54 days on 16,384 H100s" If you have 50k GPUs, that's one per hour. If you have 2.1k GPUs, that's one per day.

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TSMC's Kevin: GAA Scaling Eliminates Need for Alternative
SocialApr 23, 2026

TSMC's Kevin: GAA Scaling Eliminates Need for Alternative

That's not what Kevin from TSMC said. He said the GAA technology they're developing is showing scaling and robustness to not need it.

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Networking Highlights at TSMC Tech Symposium – Ask Me Anything
SocialApr 23, 2026

Networking Highlights at TSMC Tech Symposium – Ask Me Anything

Some super fun times at @TSMC Tech Symposium today. Lots of great conversations with old friends and new friends. Will write something up / video. But happy to answer questions. https://t.co/8ggwvCyBG5

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Bolt's Zeus Chip Paves Way for Silicon Path Tracing
SocialApr 22, 2026

Bolt's Zeus Chip Paves Way for Silicon Path Tracing

"Moving from a rasterized pipeline in silicon to path tracing in silicon, at scale, is not an easy thing to do," said Dr. Ian Cutress, chief analyst, More Than Moore. "Bolt Graphics' Zeus test chip is an important first step...

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CEO Discusses Monetization and New Agentic EDA Stack
SocialApr 15, 2026

CEO Discusses Monetization and New Agentic EDA Stack

Here at #CadenceLIVE, CEO @OfficialADevgan held an Analyst Q&A session - we had questions about monetization but also about the agentic stack coming to EDA. Full transcript now available at More Than Moore. https://t.co/8poqXP70GG https://t.co/nj1YcE6nGL

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Broadcom Showcases Chip Design Size Evolution at Cadence Live
SocialApr 15, 2026

Broadcom Showcases Chip Design Size Evolution at Cadence Live

Our friend @CharlieKawwas from @Broadcom showing off chip design size evolution here at #CadenceLive https://t.co/UjiCdK7EYz

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Cadence Sets Ambitious 2026 IP Bandwidth Targets
SocialApr 15, 2026

Cadence Sets Ambitious 2026 IP Bandwidth Targets

IP targets for @Cadence in 2026. 😎 ➡️ HBM4/4E 16G ➡️ LP6 at 14.4G ➡️ PCIe 8.0 and 448G ➡️ Intel 18AP and 14AE #CadenceLive https://t.co/DYAF0yQT2Z

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Cadence Tools Can Be Accelerated on Snapdragon CPU/GPU
SocialApr 15, 2026

Cadence Tools Can Be Accelerated on Snapdragon CPU/GPU

Pretty sure I just heard Anirudh claim you can accelerate Cadence tools on Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU and GPU. 😉

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ML-Driven Chip Design Tackles Chiplets and Multiphysics
SocialApr 14, 2026

ML-Driven Chip Design Tackles Chiplets and Multiphysics

https://t.co/hSBxqyOfWZ I spent time with @Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi to ask what the future of chip design is. Actually they're one of the earliest adopters, and ML chips want even more ML to optimize them. Add in chiplets and multiphysics, and...

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Podcast Reveals Our Candid Thoughts on Top AI Startups
SocialApr 10, 2026

Podcast Reveals Our Candid Thoughts on Top AI Startups

https://t.co/jf50aClz4V Remember those AI companies @Sallywf and I presented on Monday? Well here's our mental download podcast on what we *actually* think. Featuring @GroqInc, @Etched, Neuchips, @SambaNovaAI, @taalas_inc, and @positron_ai. https://t.co/cSbCvDhKln

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AMD‑Arm 2014 Opteron A1120 Packs Eight Cortex
SocialApr 7, 2026

AMD‑Arm 2014 Opteron A1120 Packs Eight Cortex

I finally got one. @AMD x @Arm in 2014. Opteron A1120, aka AMD Seattle Up to 8x Cortex-A57, 4MB L2, 8MB L3 128-bit DDR3/4-1866 PCIe 3.0 x8 and 2x10GbE https://t.co/w08sMceEPB

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