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In-depth explainers on the topics and companies shaping the AI stack — what's happening, why it matters now and over the next few years, how it actually works, and where the real tensions and open questions lie.
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Storage Gets a Promotion: AI as a Data-Movement Problem
The case that AI infrastructure is shifting from a compute constraint to a data-movement constraint is directionally sound and increasingly reflected in 2026 silicon and cloud roadmaps, but its headline economics rest on undisclosed math and vendor-aligned framing rather than neutral benchmarks. Promising as a reframing, not yet established as a universal law.
Memory & Storage Silicon· NAND / FlashModel Distribution & Serving· Inference PlatformsObject & File Storage· High-Performance Object StoreAug 16, 2026 - topicStale · 78d
Power Down: Two Bearish Notes, One Hair-Trigger Market
A pair of institutional research notes in early June 2026 argued that co-packaged optics and NVIDIA's 800V DC power architecture are ramping slower than consensus, triggering a violent one-day selloff across optical names — but the underlying delay math is contested and rests on secondary summaries of a paywalled report, making this a de-risking of a crowded trade rather than a proven fundamental break.
Optical Interconnect & Photonics· Co-Packaged Optics / Optical I/OGPU & AI Accelerators· Training & Inference GPUPower Distribution & Electrical· Power Intelligence / ControlsJun 10, 2026