Archive For

January 2021

Medical Wearables – Quest for the grail.

The pilgrims are still far away from the holy land. Much is being made for the potential for the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Apple...

MSFT & AMD – Pandemic plays.

The pandemic is in the driving seat. The pandemic trade is back with homeworking and homeschooling driving the results of both Microsoft and AMD, but...

Autonomous Autos – Head to head

Tesla is barking up the wrong tree. The biggest disagreement in the autonomous automobile industry has heated up once again with Waymo’s CEO once again...

Intel – The hard road pt. II

This is Intel’s make or break moment. Intel’s determination to return to manufacturing supremacy is existential because if Geisinger fails, the vultures will break-up the...

Intel & IBM Q4 2020 – Turnaround sagas.

Intel Q4 2020 – The hard road. Intel reported good results and guidance but the new CEO’s commitment to manufacturing sent skittish investors running for...

Apple Automotive – Tinker, tailor, soldier, car? pt. III.

An automobile could be a sell signal. It has been a very long time since Apple has made a serious mistake but the commercial launch...

Autonomous autos – Pie in the sky pt. II

The autonomous software industry has a value of $44.3bn. Microsoft has participated in a $2bn funding round that values Cruise at more than $30bn which...

Tech Newsround – Arm China, Fitbit & Huawei.

Arm & NVIDIA. The risk of China causing a problem for NVIDIA’s acquisition of Arm is increasing as the dispute between SoftBank and Arm China’s...

China vs. USA: Xiaomi – Stumbling block.

Xiaomi blacklist stretches logic. Xiaomi’s blacklisting looks more like an outgoing administration leaving stumbling blocks for the next inhabitant rather than a rational move to...

Qualcomm & NUVIA – Flarion II.

Bad for Apple but good for almost everybody else. The colossal price being paid by Qualcomm in combination with the legal tussle between Apple and...