Hardware Podcasts

Predictions 2022

Oxide and Friends · 4 Jan 2022 · 2h 06m · Episode 1

What this episode covers

Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal host a predictions session with guests Steven O'Grady, Laura Chambers, Matt Sci, Tom K, Tinco, Ben Stoltz, Kelsey Hightower, and others. Steven O'Grady predicts AWS will face developer experience challenges, Web3 will fail like Webvan, and open source will suffer from restrictive licensing. Laura Chambers predicts Discord will annoy users, RISC-V will appear in data centers, and email will decline. Matt Sci predicts stablecoin regulation, a RISC-V supercomputer in the Top 500, and an open-source FPGA toolchain. Tom K predicts hyperscaler partnerships, stablecoin regulation, and a new server provider. Tinco predicts AGI demonstrations, autonomous drones, and Web3's failure due to bots. Ben Stoltz predicts smart glasses, office-to-housing conversion, and AI specialists as therapists. Kelsey Hightower predicts a 'new normal' land grab, government tracking via crypto, and techno-nationalism. Adam Leventhal predicts Web3 will die, observability will focus on power, and Amazon will sell RISC-V instances.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
AWS, NVIDIA, Framework
Products
Discord, Smart Glasses
Chips
RISC-V, FPGA, ARM
Also
Web3, Open Source, Kelsey Hightower, Steven O'Grady, Laura Chambers, Matt Sci, Tom K, Tinco, Ben Stoltz, Adam Leventhal, Bryan Cantrill

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