Dylan Martin
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Followers
349
Account age
3 yrs

📊 Post engagement

2
Avg engagement / post
0.6%
Engagement vs followers
Dec 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: I’m starting a free weekly newsletter called The Business of Sel · 3 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
3.1 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.9×
Follows 377 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
🔥 Top post I’m starting a free weekly newsletter called The Business of Selling Chips, where I will dive deep into the evolving strategies of how semiconductor companies like Intel, AMD and Nvidia sell chips through an increasingly complex set of channels. Sign up here: https://dylanonchip… ★ 3
HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores said the company’s recovery from a slump in sales has been slower than expected, which has prompted the IT giant to temper expectations for the rest of its fiscal year. https://www.crn.com/news/computing/hp-says-r… I wrote about several things found inside Arm's IPO filing from last week, including the company's concern that its business could suffer if more companies follow Apple's lead and develop custom chips that don't use its pre-developed proce… AMD has acquired French startup Mipsology to strengthen its AI inference software capabilities as the chip designer mounts its biggest challenge yet to AI chip powerhouse Nvidia. https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/amd-acquires… Nvidia’s revenue doubled over a year in the second quarter, mainly due to strong demand for the chip designer’s H100 and A100 data center GPUs that was driven by generative AI development. https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/nv… ★ 2 VMware is hoping to entice enterprises to build and run generative AI applications on its cloud infrastructure with a new full-stack software platform it has built with AI chip powerhouse Nvidia. https://www.crn.com/news/data-center/vmware… IBM plans to introduce a generative AI tool that will help organizations translate COBOL—a 64-year-old programming language used on old, clunky mainframes for which there is a shortage of programmers—into Java to modernize applications. ht… Broadcom says it is now set to acquire VMware for $61 billion on Oct. 30, 2023, after the deal received the green light from UK regulators Monday. https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/broadcom-vmware-purchase-will-close-on-oct-30-after-clearing-… ★ 1 Intel plans to lay off more than 300 California employees in a wide range of roles, including software development for GPUs, cloud computing and AI computing, as part of ongoing cost-cutting measures. https://www.crn.com/news/components-pe… ★ 2 Intel suffered a setback for a key part of CEO Pat Gelsinger’s comeback plan on Wednesday when the semiconductor giant announced the termination of its $5.4 billion deal to acquire Israeli chipmaker Tower Semiconductor. https://www.crn.com… Apple said its decision to switch Mac computers from Intel CPUs to homegrown processor designs has resulted in “both strong upgrade activity and a high number of new customers.” https://www.crn.com/news/computing/apple-mac-s-transition-fro… My colleague Wade Millward talked to Microsoft partners about the $30 per user per month price tag of the AI-based 365 Copilot, and some aren't on board yet. https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/microsoft-solution-providers-weigh-in-on-m365-copi…

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
journa.host
A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
On Mastodon since
Dec 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 2 views per post.
📤Posts about 3.1× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

66/100 Good
  • Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Engagement (~0.6% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
89%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Reporter who covers semiconductors, client devices and IoT for CRN. Digs retro tech, video games, Maine stuff, restaurants, travel, TV shows, and movies. Send tips to .

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