Wednesday, October 22, 2025

TL;DR 21Oct25 ... (1) "Nvidia Targets AI Data Centers And All-Renewable Electricity" ... and Critique


Last update: 9:46:pm Thursday 10/23/25

Welcome to our 
21Oct25 TL;DR summaries by Chat
GPT of the past week's top story on our "Useful AI News" page ➡  (1) "Nvidia Targets AI Data Centers And All-Renewable Electricity" ... This TL;DR is different. ChatGPT's summary of the article that reported last week's top story is followed by the blog editor's detailed critique of Nvidia's claim that was reported in the article that "
we achieved and will maintain 100% renewable electricity for offices and data centers under our operational control." Nvidia's claim that it will maintain 100% renewable electricity is the stuff of grand satires, like Orwell's masterpieces -- Animal Farm and 1984. The primary reason why data centers have such an insatiable need for ever more massive flows of electric power is because Nvidia's chips are so energy-inefficient. By comparison, Apple has recently paid billions of dollars to TSMC to produce chips that have dramatically higher energy-efficiency. How many billions has Nvidia paid anyone to dramatically reduce the energy demands of its gluttonous chips? 

TL;DR  HERE

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

What is the PJM Interconnect? How does it work? And why you should care? ... 1-Basics

Last update:  Saturday 3:27am 10/25/25
This note, Part 1 in a three part series, will provide an introduction to the PJM Interconnect that directs the transmission of electric power across thirteen states and the District of Columbia. Part 2 will highlight features of the PJM that provide persistent advantages — lower electricity bills — for households and enterprises in some states, while imposing persistent penalties — higher electricity bills — on households and enterprises in other states. Part 3 will analyze the ironic causes of the persistent penalties, i.e., the negative externalities,  that are being reported by the media with increasing frequency and stridency. 

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Monday, October 13, 2025

TL;DR 13Oct25 ...(1) OpenAI Agrees to Use Computer Chips From AMD, (2) OpenAI Wants ChatGPT to Be Your Future Operating System, and (3) One company is behind most of Virginia's data center construction boom .

Last update: Monday 10/13/25
     OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AMD CEO Lisa Su 

Welcome to our 
13Oct25 TL;DR summaries by Chat
GPT of the past week's top 3 stories on our "Useful AI News" page ➡ (1) OpenAI Agrees to Use Computer Chips From AMD, (2) OpenAI Wants ChatGPT to Be Your Future Operating System, and (3) 
One company is behind most of Virginia's data center construction boom. 
 
TL;DR  HERE

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

TL;DR 7Oct25 ... (1) OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real, (2) California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law, and (3) Data center boom sparks sticker shock for PJM ratepayers

Last update: Tuesday 10/7/25
Welcome to our 7Oct25
 TL;DR summaries by Chat
GPT of the past week's top 3 stories on our "Useful AI News" page ➡  (1) OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real, (2) California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law, and (3) 
Data center boom sparks sticker shock for PJM ratepayers
 
TL;DR  HERE 

Saturday, October 4, 2025

A closer look at the potential world-wide benefits of Apple Silicon

Substantial Revisions: 7:19pm Friday 10/24/25

This second note in an occasional series explores an emerging solution to a global disaster
. It takes a closer look at the potential world-wide benefits of Apple’s forthcoming sales of energy-efficient inference servers to its customers. It also corrects a few misconceptions in the first note 


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