Monitored theme · Cloud
AI Infrastructure and Cloud
Monitored since June 2015 · 155 temporal technology analyses
TAIME Score over the years
Yearly average of the TAIME Score across published temporal technology analyses. Only years with data for this theme are shown.
Latest TAIME Score
82/100
in the October 2026 analysis
| Year | TAIME Score | Analyses |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 74 | 1 |
| 2016 | 72 | 1 |
| 2017 | 78 | 21 |
| 2018 | 78 | 15 |
| 2019 | 79 | 13 |
| 2020 | 80 | 27 |
| 2021 | 81 | 23 |
| 2022 | 76 | 26 |
| 2023 | 77 | 20 |
| 2024 | 81 | 16 |
| 2025 | 82 | 13 |
| 2026 | 82 | 19 |
From the latest analysis · October 2026
AI Compute Scarcity Spreads Beyond GPUs to Testing, Memory, Storage and Optics
The AI compute constraint is no longer a GPU story. Chip testing, memory, storage, optical coupling and advanced-node capacity are tightening together, and CPUs are regaining relevance because long-running agents need them.
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