Full Name

Dr. Ian J Cutress

Job Title

Chief Analyst

Company

More Than Moore

Speaker Bio

Ian completed his PhD in Computational Chemistry from the University of Oxford in 2011, using the first generation of CUDA and NVIDIA GPUs to study reaction dynamics and material interface kinetics. He transitioned after to a written journalist, analysing x86 and Arm processor microarchitecture for AnandTech – an engineering focused media organization. This evolved into covering fundamental semiconductor announcements and research from IEDM, ISSCC and other conferences such as Hot Chips. In 2022, Ian left AnandTech and created More Than Moore, an independent analyst firm to engage with semiconductor companies on strategy, technical engagements, and the business outlook. More Than Moore which also has a newsletter, focusing on business and financial developments. Ian also consults to several institutional investors on a regular basis, often on the finer technical aspects of the latest product offerings in CPU, GPU, and AI. Ian also runs an expansive YouTube channel called TechTechPotato (it’s about technology and chips) to produce engaging and educational semiconductor related content in video format. Ian is one of the few industry analysts to cover both video and written media, with a technical background and the ability to form an accessible and detailed story from complex semiconductor topics. Ian’s audience is technical, either in the semi industry or industry adjacent, ranging from early university to C-suite, mostly in the 25-44 category. Across all platforms, his subscriber base is 160k+, hitting many of Intel’s own internal engineering teams as well as those at partners and competitors. His content has attracted over a billion views and continues to show strong organic growth. Ian is also one of the youngest independent tech analysts, and has interviewed many top tech executives, including Lisa Su, Aart de Geus, Jim Keller, Thomas Caulfield, Andrew Feldman, Amnon Shashua, Gerard Williams, Raja Koduri, Ann Kelleher, and Jim Anderson. Ian also co-hosts and produces The AI Hardware Show, a regular online broadcast covering the latest in AI silicon, and is a former #2 in the world at competitive overclocking. More Than Moore’s current client base includes Intel, AMD, IBM, Qualcomm, Tenstorrent, Ayar Labs, and has created content for TSMC, Applied Materials, Lattice Semi, Supermicro, Facebook, Mediatek, and Baidu.