The Circuit

EP 139: Intel Earnings, Anthropic TPUs, Challenges for AWS

10 snips
Oct 27, 2025
Ask episode
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
INSIGHT

Intel's Quiet Stability Ahead Of A Product Surge

  • Intel's quarter shows stability as demand for older CPUs remains high while new products ramp later.
  • Ben Bajarin calls this a transitionary calm before a likely product-driven surge next year.
INSIGHT

CPU Demand Extends Beyond AI Head Nodes

  • Server CPU demand is growing beyond AI head-node needs and benefits both Intel and AMD.
  • Ben argues cloud capacity expansion includes general CPU-attached workloads, not only accelerators.
INSIGHT

CPUs Remain Crucial For Inference Concurrency

  • CPUs may remain critical for inference orchestration and concurrency, possibly increasing CPU-per-GPU ratios.
  • Ben suggests CPUs could be more important than expected to manage many concurrent inference users.
Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode
Get the app