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← Graphics chips have far more room for future performance gains than CPUs, which are nearing physical limits.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 22 Mar 2025 to 14 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about compilers.

Everything filed under semiconductors semiconductors Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Graphics chips have far more room for future performance gains than CPUs, which are nearing physical limits. Graphics chips have far more room forfuture performance gains than CPUs, whichare nearing physical limits. Last stated a year ago 8 Jun 2025 DC David Crawshaw — holds since 2025-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compiler that also serves an IDE has to be lazy and deferred throughout — a different way of building compilers from the one the textbooks teach. — tap to centre the map on it A compiler that also serves an IDEhas to be lazy and deferredthroughout — a different way ofbuilding compilers from the one thetextbooks teach. Last stated 6 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compiler that names every place a change breaks turns refactoring into fixing errors until the compiler stops shouting. — tap to centre the map on it A compiler that names every place achange breaks turns refactoring intofixing errors until the compilerstops shouting. Last stated 6 months ago 20 May 2026 AR Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A programming language is not a compiler but an experience: editing, running, debugging and the runtime library all have to fit together as one cycle. — tap to centre the map on it A programming language is not acompiler but an experience: editing,running, debugging and the runtimelibrary all have to fit together asone cycle. Last stated 6 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A speed difference between languages that share the LLVM backend measures the benchmark author, not the languages. — tap to centre the map on it A speed difference between languagesthat share the LLVM backend measuresthe benchmark author, not thelanguages. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Mar 2025 TH ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agents are the new compilers that compile intent into fast software. — tap to centre the map on it Agents are the new compilers thatcompile intent into fast software. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents are only as good as the proof-checkers, compilers, type systems, and linters given to them. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents are only as good as theproof-checkers, compilers, typesystems, and linters given to them. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: As AI takes over more of the coding process, clearly specifying goals and exercising good judgment will matter more than ever. — tap to centre the map on it As AI takes over more of the codingprocess, clearly specifying goalsand exercising good judgment willmatter more than ever. Last stated 9 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SH Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Assembly is far simpler to learn than the modern web stack: anyone who can vertically centre a div can learn to read it. — tap to centre the map on it Assembly is far simpler to learnthan the modern web stack: anyonewho can vertically centre a div canlearn to read it. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A chip that can do nothing but low-precision dense linear algebra is enough for machine learning, even though it cannot run Chrome. — tap to centre the map on it A chip that can do nothing butlow-precision dense linear algebrais enough for machine learning, eventhough it cannot run Chrome. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jul 2026 JD Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computer company has to live five to ten years in the future, because a system takes three years to build, two to ramp, and is then used for a decade. — tap to centre the map on it A computer company has to live fiveto ten years in the future, becausea system takes three years to build,two to ramp, and is then used for adecade. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI data centers have shifted from about 1 CPU per 8 GPUs to roughly 1:4, and the ratio could shrink to 1:1. — tap to centre the map on it AI data centers have shifted fromabout 1 CPU per 8 GPUs to roughly1:4, and the ratio could shrink to1:1. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI workloads are best served by clouds that bundle power, data center infrastructure and GPUs and strip out unnecessary software layers. — tap to centre the map on it AI workloads are best served byclouds that bundle power, datacenter infrastructure and GPUs andstrip out unnecessary softwarelayers. Last stated 2 months ago 8 Sept 2026 CP Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building capacity at massive scale on a single hardware generation is the trap; pacing matters more than gigawatts. — tap to centre the map on it Building capacity at massive scaleon a single hardware generation isthe trap; pacing matters more thangigawatts. Last stated 12 months ago 12 Nov 2025 SN Satya Nadella — holds since 2025-11-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nvidia's dominance rests on CUDA, the moat around its chips. — tap to centre the map on it Nvidia's dominance rests on CUDA,the moat around its chips. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 RR Richard Rumelt — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: NVIDIA's Nsight Graphics GPU flame graphs are shallow and cumbersome to use compared to full-stack profiling tools — tap to centre the map on it NVIDIA's Nsight Graphics GPU flamegraphs are shallow and cumbersome touse compared to full-stack profilingtools Last stated 2 years ago 30 Apr 2025 BG Brendan Gregg — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The real AI chokepoint being fought over is the developer stack, not the hardware. — tap to centre the map on it The real AI chokepoint being foughtover is the developer stack, not thehardware. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 RR Richard Rumelt — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Graphics chips have far more room for future performance gains than CPUs, which are nearing physical limits. Last stated 8 Jun 2025 · a year ago Holds David Crawshaw Read this korrent →