Novak: The tech industry is currently experiencing a CPU crunch
Turner Novak · Arm’s $15B Chip Bet, Sanders & AOC vs Datacenters, Meta & YouTube Lose Trial | Diet TBPN · Mar 27, 2026 · at 1:27
Turner Novak explains why CPU demand remains critical and constrained alongside high GPU demand in data centers.
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“We are currently in what seems like a little bit of a CPU crunch. Intel can't make CPUs fast enough.”
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