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The AI ASIC Market, Part 5: The Inference Economy Has Many Winners

NVIDIA's strategic response to the independent AI chip challengers, and the structural reasons the inference economy has many winners.

Ian Philpot Michael San Miguel
AI/HPC

4CP for Bitcoin Miners: How One Hour Sets a Year of ERCOT Transmission Costs

Each summer, four 15-minute windows on the ERCOT grid determine Texas mining sites transmission costs for the next 12 months.

Juan Falco
Juan Falco
Energy
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The AI ASIC Market, Part 4: The AI Chip Companies Outside the NVIDIA Fight

Tenstorrent and Tensordyne aren't fighting NVIDIA head-to-head. They're betting on different markets and different architectures.

Ian Philpot Michael San Miguel
AI/HPC

Two Years Into the 2024 Halving: The Hashprice Regime Change

Across both years, every rolling hedge strategy beat spot (FPPS) mining.

Ben Harper Kaan Farahani
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Hashrate Markets

Bitcoin Mining and Demand Response: Why Mining Fleets Are Well-Suited for ERCOT's Flexibility Programs

What makes Bitcoin mining a practical fit for demand response participation in ERCOT.

Juan Falco
Juan Falco
Energy

The State of Bitcoin Mining in Bolivia (2026)

A 2,400% hashrate spike built on subsidized gas, a new government, and one European operator.

El Sultán Gerson Martinez Kaan Farahani
Bitcoin Mining Around the World
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The AI ASIC Market, Part 3: The Independent AI Chip Companies Taking on NVIDIA

How Groq, Cerebras, and Etched are challenging NVIDIA — and what their valuations signal for purpose-built compute infrastructure.

Ian Philpot Michael San Miguel
AI/HPC
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The AI ASIC Market, Part 2: How Broadcom and Marvell Quietly Power Hyperscaler AI

Two companies enable 80% of hyperscaler custom AI silicon. Here's how they got there and where they're headed.

Ian Philpot Michael San Miguel
AI/HPC