Once again I have another FedEx parcel that was supposed to arrive by noon. 11:58, get an email saying 'delivery exception, customer not available'. Have they been here yet? Nope.
They do this so that they can say they 'attempted' delivery in time. Keeps the success rates high.
This is how they bid for contracts with big companies, on success rates. But they lie.
Last time this happened they still delivered two hours later. But because they said 'attempted, no-one available' by the delivery time, it still counts +ve for the metrics. When it shouldn't.
This is also why some couriers refuse to show you where the delivery driver is on a map, or a # in the chain you are. They claim it's because they do midday pickups for orders made that day. The truth is they want as little evidence as possible that they missed targets.
Has anyone ever tried claiming postage back for a late delivery? Let me know how that went / how long it took.
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Ready for @intel #vision keynote with new CEO Lip-Bu Tan? Lots of eyes on this one. Starts on the hour. A 🧵
Some initial thoughts. LBT has to show he understands the company. He needs to showcase where Intel stands in key markets, and identify the direction to go in. If Pat was the aspirational, LBT has to be the pragmatist, and show it.
He's only been the role a month. I'm not expecting any major announcements or immediate changes in Intel's direction right now. He has some time for that for sure. LBT has to show how sharp he is, where he's focused, and what matters most.
Short Course 1 from #iedm24 today. TSMC giving some detail about the state of the industry. Some highlights.
#1 3D Stacking is expected to go to 3 micron pitch by 2027.
#2 A16-based AI accelerators in 2027 with CoWoS-L and 12xHBM4. But even those 2025/2026 designs look cool - six compute die, 12xHBM3e. Next gen MI400 from AMD maybe?
#3 WiFi 8 to show life in 2027/2028. WiFi 8 at 10 Gbps may need as much as 30 TOPs and TSMC N4 to achieve peak perf. Could do it in N16, but big chip with lots of power.
Sucks that still so much WiFi 4 will still be being installed.