

The Circuit
Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg
A podcast about the business and market of semiconductors
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Aug 3, 2023 • 39min
Episode 27: Industry Cyclicality On Display in Big Semi Co. Earnings
Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg explain some of the nuanced dynamics of the semiconductor industry cyclicality. They outline the challenges in areas like data center spending, PC market doldrums, and softness in smartphones and what that may mean for 2024 if AI is a true computing inflection point.

Jul 23, 2023 • 34min
Episode 26: A Thesis on AI's Impact on Semi Segments
Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg discuss Jay's recent article and flesh out a thesis related to AI's impact on different segments of the semiconductor industry.

Jul 17, 2023 • 43min
Episode 25: Challenges for the Semiconductor Industry to Grow to $1 Trillion
Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the semiconductor industry growing to a trillion-dollar industry by 2030, as some predict. They explore foundry opportunities and challenges, chiplets, and the role of scarce resources like material and energy.

Jul 9, 2023 • 39min
Episode 24: The Arm CPU Datacenter Potential
Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg explore the potential for Arm CPUs in the datacenter and whether they can truly challenge x86's dominance when it comes to datacenter CPU workloads.

Jun 26, 2023 • 43min
B2B Series: Wireless Standards
Jay Goldberg continues his series of Back to Basics with some history and anecdotes of wireless standards.

Jun 19, 2023 • 33min
Episode 23: Emerging Competitive Dynamics in Silicon Thanks AI
Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg discuss new competitive dynamics emerging in semis thanks to AI. They also highlight a few takeaways from AMDs recent AI and Datacenter day they attended.

Jun 8, 2023 • 50min
Episode 22: Talking Apple Vision Pro
Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg discuss Apple's latest technology product and platform in Apple Vision Pro (AVP). The look at what was learned about the underlying technology, Ben's experience having a demo, and where the competitive implications for others.

Jun 5, 2023 • 41min
Episode 21: A Discussion on RISC-V with Calista Redmond CEO of RISC-V International
Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg are joined by special guest Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V international. They discuss RISC-V and what makes it unique, as well as emerging applications for RISC-V and how this new platform opens up new opportunities in silicon innovation.

May 29, 2023 • 40min
Episode 20: Apple's Silicon Strategy
In this episode, Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg discuss how Apple's approaches to designing their silicon and explore some of the fundamental reasons Apple silicon is such a significant competitive advantage for Apple.

May 22, 2023 • 35min
Episode 19: The On-Device AI Debate
In this episode, Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg discuss the ways AI developers can take advantage of on-device processing to help reduce costs on cloud AI, improve accuracy, safety, and privacy.