Archive For

June 2021

Facebook – Saved by the model

The government needs to do better. The dismissal of the two anti-trust cases against Facebook is not the end of the story as the US...

MWC 2021 Days 0-4 – Missing in action.

All eyes turn to CES 2022. Mobile World Congress (MWC) is in full swing but a dearth of news flow and footfall at the event...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. VII.

NVIDIA wins major support. NVIDIA got a big boost for its acquisition of Arm with MediaTek, Broadcom & Marvell all publicly supporting the deal which...

USA vs. China – The unproductive edges.

The first battle is lost but the war has just begun. China is having a very hard time in its struggle to become technologically independent...

Tencent & Fintech – Hot collar.

Tencent is the acid test of CCP intent. While Alibaba, Ant Group, Meituan, and so on have all felt the wrath of the regulator (i.e....

Arm vs. RISC-V – Heel nipping

RISC-V wins blue-chip backing. In announcing some higher-end RISC-V-based processors and winning support from Intel, SiFive has improved the credibility of RISC-V when it comes...

Facebook VR – Wii the second.

Oculus should not need advertisements The rapid push back against the idea of advertisements in VR is a clear signal that this monetisation model will...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. VI.

Simon and Jensen make their case. Arm and NVIDIA have made a good case as to how the technology industry (excluding Intel and AMD) will...

ByteDance – Fundamental break.

ByteDance’s business model has a fundamental problem. ByteDance had its best year ever last year in terms of revenue, but because it employs over a...

Waymo – All guns blazing

Waymo is racing to market. Waymo has raised more money clearly indicating that Waymo’s technological edge has been eroded as the data suggests and that...