TGIF -- The Market -- August 18, 2023

Locator: 45507INV.

Stocks in the news:

• CVS plummets on news that California Blue Shield opts for Amazon Pharmacy and Cuban Pharmacy
• DE: raises profit outlook
• Walmart: some say it's a "Goldilocks" economy for Walmart

Apple: more on the M3 -- link here, but I don't think there's anything here that hasn't already been reported 

• not sure whyMacRumors posted this.
• the M3 chips will use updated TSMC chip manufacturing technology

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Background

Tech: CPUs, GPUS, cores, threads and all that jazz --

• part one: link here.
• part two: link here.
• part three: link here.
• part four, part four.

Chips, transistors: link here.

Cut to the chase: link here.

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Whoo-Hoo!

Link here.