Aadi and I discuss the unceremonious exit of Hu Jintao which was put on display during the 20 Party Congress. Irrespective of the reason for the exit, it was stage managed for effect.
The Pakistani FM to BBC: War would be suicidal. Pakistan has already started negotiating with a gun to its head! Welcome home Wing Commander Abhinanadan. Well done. You flew into the Valley of Death and survived. India is proud. Sincere condolences to Air Marshal Waseem Ud Din on the loss of his son Shahaz Ud Din under most unfortunate circumstances. He was incredibly brave to continue his mission when others had turned around. Paradigm Emerged A lot has happened since Balakot. Some in focus some out. Some hyped. Some diffused. Time to sum up the situation and see where things are heading. Militarily it is called Review of the Situation. I will do it journalistically so that the intellectual western media understands it. They might or not buy our story. Incidentally it is not a story. It is not for sale. This is real live action. Nuclear exchange receding. Not ruled out. A fundamental paradigm has emerged. India’s fight is against terror. The D
What is the average term of an absolute dictator in power? Hitler, Mussolini, Sadam Hussain, Muamer Gaddafi etc.
ReplyDeleteOther than Mao, they have all had very abbreviated reigns.
Sir, responding to your point whether China can catch up with the US on semicon - respectfully disagree.
ReplyDeleteCheck out: https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-Chinese-Biren-BR100-GPGPU-apparently-beats-Nvidia-s-Ampere-A100.639796.0.html Quoting: "Biren showed that the BR100 GPGPU is slightly faster than Nvidia's Ampere A100 thanks to advanced specs like [...], Published 08/10/2022"
I can say this (having worked in the Supercomputing environment for a while) - the nVidia A-100 is completely cutting edge and the fact that the Biren processor comes up to its capability says A LOT. The A-100 was released in mid-2020 and is just one version behind the latest (the H-100). In fact since the H-100 uses the same architecture as A-100 tells me that at least in high performance computing, China is right up there with the best out of the US.