Always Be Curious #186: New book about ASML, the techno-optimist manifesto, and IBM's new AI chip

This week in ABC: There's a new book about ASML called "Focus", VC Marc Andreessen releases his techno-optimist manifesto, and IBM’s NorthPole processor sidesteps the Von Neumann bottleneck.

What’s up curious clan! This week marks the publication of a brand new book about ASML, called Focus. 📚✨ It’s currently only available in Dutch, but I hear an English translation will be out soon. Author Marc Hijink (tech reporter at dutch daily NRC) has been following my company ASML for decades, but over the past three years, he embedded himself in …