Sub-1nm chips are here!

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This week Huawei introduced LogicFolding and the Tau Scaling Law as their next-gen chip tech to make better chips without relying on Moores’s law, Chinese DRAM memory firm CXMT became the 4th big DRAM maker and Computex 2026 shows us new Intel and Snapdragon chips.

Episode 303

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Huawei LogicFolding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a-KfIcpUvI
Counterpoint DRAM : https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-dram-revenue-surges-to-near-dollar-100-billion-mark-in-q1-2026
CXMT IPO: https://www.wsj.com/tech/china-memory-chip-maker-cxmt-clears-shanghai-listing-review-0fc8dae2
Laptop makers buying CXMT memory: https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/supply-chain/hp-dell-acer-and-asus-mull-using-chinese-memory-chips-amid-supply-crunch
Computex Snapdragon C: https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/05/introducing-snapdragon-c–designed-to-revolutionize-entry-tier-l
Computex Predator Atlas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=783HLDMrRDs
Computex OneXplayer 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx2GHZZ7RnY

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0:00 Intro
0:20 IBM 0.7nm chip
2:04 Apple price increases
3:01 Softbank slides
4:27 Stonks
5:41 Release Monitor
6:21 The Brief

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