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#AI基建融资升温,英伟达英特尔路径分化 The AI race has entered a capital-intensive phase, and the market's focus is no longer just on chip performance but also on who has the greater ability to raise funds for expansion. NVIDIA, together with BlackRock, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and other institutions, plans to establish an AI computing power financing platform to leverage over $500 billion in third-party capital long-term, providing funding for customers to build data centers and purchase GPUs. This essentially means NVIDIA is using external capital to expand customer purchasing power: the financial pressure is mainly borne by financing institutions and customers, while NVIDIA continues to earn from GPU sales and CUDA ecosystem expansion. Intel has chosen to directly issue common stock, increasing its financing scale from $15 billion to $20 billion, with funds allocated for capital expenditures, working capital, AI chips, and advanced manufacturing. Both companies are raising money for AI infrastructure, but their positions are completely different: NVIDIA is helping customers leverage to expand market demand; Intel is supplementing capital with its own equity to buy time for building factories, expanding production, and catching up technologically, while also facing equity dilution pressure. AI infrastructure is becoming a long-term competition with massive capital scale. The next phase's winners must not only have technology and customers but also the ability to mobilize capital. NVIDIA uses its ecosystem to finance expansion, while Intel still has to pay for its own expansion. $NVDA $INTC #AI #美股 #科技股
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Almost Dead Company Vol.04|Everyone Advised IBM to Split Up, But It Survived by "Not Splitting"
提到IBM,很多人想到的是大型主机、企业软件、云服务,或者最近重新火热的AI与量子计算。 但在30多年前,IBM面对的问题并不是如何追赶下一波技术浪潮。 而是这家公司还有没有必要继续完整地存在。 20世纪80年代以前,IBM几乎就是企业计算机的代名词。 它卖的不只是一台机器,而是一整套由IBM掌控的系统:大型主机、处理器、储存设备、操作系统、软件与维护服务。 客户一旦进入IBM的体系,往往很难离开。 这套模式让IBM成为当时全球最强大的科技公司之一,也让它逐渐相信,计算机产业永远会围绕自己运转。 但个人电脑的出现,改变了游戏规则。 企业不再需要把所有运算集中在一台昂贵的大型主机上。更便宜、更开放的PC、服务器与软件快速普及,微软、英特尔、Sun等公司分别占据产业链中的关键位置。 IBM其实很早就进入了个人电脑市场。 问题是,它虽然做出了IBM PC,却没有真正掌握PC时代最重要的两个利润入口:操作系统与处理器。 操作系统由微软提供,处理器来自英特尔。 随着大量兼容机厂商出现,IBM创造的标准反而帮助竞争对手成长。硬件价格不断下降,客户也开始发现,不必把所有东西都向同一家公司购买。 IB
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Gm! Endure more hardships while you are young, so you will be accustomed to it when you grow old $BTC #crypto
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Company That Almost Died Vol.03|The direction was clearly right, but Netflix almost killed itself with its transformation
今天我们习惯打开Netflix直接看剧,很难想象它最早的核心业务,竟然是把DVD装进红色信封,寄到用户家里。 更难想象的是,Netflix后来差点死掉,不是因为没有看见流媒体的未来,恰恰相反,是因为它看得太早、跑得太快,却忘了用户还没跟上。 1997年,Reed Hastings与Marc Randolph创立Netflix。当时美国人租电影,通常要去Blockbuster门店,不只要赶时间归还,逾期还会被收取滞纳金。 Netflix看见了这个痛点,做出“线上选片、邮寄到家、按月订阅”的模式。 用户不必出门,也不必担心逾期罚款。到了2010年前后,Netflix已经拥有超过两千万订户,Blockbuster却在同一年申请破产。 看起来,这场战争已经结束了。 但Reed Hastings很清楚,打败DVD租赁店不代表Netflix已经安全。 DVD只是更方便的马车,流媒体才是真正的汽车。 Netflix早在2007年便推出串流服务,并逐渐把公司重心从“寄光碟”转向“线上观看”。这个方向完全正确,问题出在2011年的那次转弯。 当时Netflix的DVD与串流服务捆绑在同一个订阅方案里,每
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#本周三CPI公布,9月加息定价会改写吗? After the non-farm payrolls turned negative, the market has already priced in a pause in rate hikes for September, but CPI is the real moment of truth. • Market Expectations Overall CPI annual rate drops from 3.5% to 3.4%, core CPI drops from 2.6% to 2.5% • Below Expectations Employment and inflation cool down simultaneously, reducing the necessity for the Fed to continue raising rates; the dollar and US Treasury yields may come under pressure, benefiting BTC and other risk assets • Above Expectations Especially if core service inflation remains strong, the market may quickly raise the probability of rate hikes, and Crypto will face liquidity pressure Therefore, after the CPI release, don’t just watch the first candlestick; pay more attention to the dollar, US Treasury yields, and September rate pricing. $BTC #Crypto #CPI #美联储
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Gm! Listening to your words is like listening to a speech $BTC #美股 #crypto
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#Nonfarm unexpectedly turns negative, CPI becomes the key to rate hikes If we view the US economy as a large company, nonfarm payrolls are like the monthly employee roster. In July, nonfarm employment unexpectedly decreased by 23,000, far below the expected increase of 80,000; May and June data were also revised down by a total of 103,000. It's like the company found after rechecking the accounts that the performance in the previous two months wasn't as good as originally reported. Strangely, the unemployment rate actually dropped to 4.1%. The reason is not employment improvement, but a decline in labor force participation, with some people leaving the job market. The US economy is more like a car slowing down: the engine noise has quieted, but it hasn't stopped yet. After the nonfarm release, the market quickly lowered expectations for a September rate hike. However, the Federal Reserve cannot relax yet, because employment is just the economy's stamina, CPI is the thermometer. If CPI continues to cool down, the Fed has more room to pause rate hikes, US Treasury yields and the dollar may come under pressure, and funds may be more willing to flow into US stocks and Crypto; if CPI strengthens again, it will create a tricky situation of "economic slowdown with still high inflation," and rate hike expectations could rise at any time. So nonfarm only opened a "no rate hike" window for the market, CPI decides whether this window can stay open. For BTC, the real trading mainline is already very clear: employment data hit the brakes, next we need to see if inflation allows the Fed to ease off the pedal. $BTC #Crypto #FederalReserve #CPI
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Almost Dead Company Vol.02|12 Years After Kicking Out Jobs, Apple Invites Him Back to Save the Day
现在提到Apple,大家想到的是iPhone、Mac、AirPods,以及一家拥有全球最强品牌号召力的科技公司。 但在1997年,Apple已经连续亏损、市场份额不断下滑。乔布斯后来回忆,当时公司距离破产大约只剩90天。 更荒谬的是——Apple最需要有人救命的时候,最后找回来的,正是12年前被自己赶走的创始人。 这段故事发生在个人电脑时代,但Apple当年遇到的产品失焦、资金消耗与生态信心危机,放到今天的Crypto行业里,其实一点也不陌生。 1985年,乔布斯与当时的CEO约翰·斯卡利爆发权力斗争,董事会最终选择支持斯卡利。失去公司控制权后,乔布斯离开了自己亲手创办的Apple。 接下来的几年,Apple仍然靠Macintosh积累的优势继续经营,却逐渐陷入一种大公司很容易出现的困境:产品越来越多,方向却越来越模糊。 当时的Apple同时销售大量命名混乱、功能重叠的电脑。Performa、Quadra、Centris、Power Macintosh……有些产品连公司内部的人都说不清楚差别,消费者当然更不知道该买哪一台😅 更麻烦的是,微软Windows阵营迅速扩大。Apple坚持软
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Gm! There is also a light in my eyes; the doctor said it is astigmatism
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Company That Almost Died Vol.01|Today's AI Giant NVIDIA Once Had Only Six Months to Live
现在提到NVIDIA,大家想到的是AI芯片、GPU、数据中心,以及一家几乎站在全球算力中心的公司。 但很难想象,30年前的NVIDIA不只没有这么风光,还曾经穷到只剩六个月能活。 1993年,黄仁勋与两位合伙人创立NVIDIA,想做出专门处理图形运算的芯片。这个方向后来当然押对了,但他们的第一款产品NV1,却是一场彻底的失败。 NV1把3D图形、音频、游戏接口等功能全部塞进一颗芯片里,技术上很厉害,市场却根本不买单。 黄仁勋后来形容,它就像一只八爪鱼:什么都有,却没人知道该拿它做什么😅 更麻烦的是,NVIDIA当时采用的图形技术路线,与微软逐渐推广的Direct3D标准并不兼容。公司随后替SEGA开发游戏主机芯片,但黄仁勋很快发现,如果继续做下去,产品很可能在完成时就已经落后市场。 继续履约,可能慢慢死;停止开发,公司马上没钱。 黄仁勋最后选择向SEGA坦白:这个项目做不成了,希望终止合作,同时请求对方支付原本合约中的500万美元。 正常来说,一家拿不出产品的创业公司跑来要钱,对方没有翻脸应该就很客气了😂 没想到SEGA高层入交昭一郎仍然相信黄仁勋,不只说服董事会支付这笔钱,还将其