Archive For

March 2022

Apple & YMTC – Insurance policy?

Sourcing from China raises eyebrows. Apple looks increasingly likely to source some of its storage chips from Yangtze Memory Technology Corp. (YMTC) which will raise...

Tech Newsround – Arm & China Metaverse

SoftBank – Arm IPO. Arm China is holding up the relisting of Arm and the less-than-ideal solution that SoftBank is proposing highlights again my view...

Huawei – Window dressing

Huawei puts a brave face on it. Huawei reported 2021 FY results that highlighted just how badly the company has been hit by US sanctions...

Amazon – The knife.

All change at games? There has been chatter for some time that Amazon’s new CEO will put his stamp upon the company by cutting back...

Tencent Q4 21 – Long shadow of the state

Tencent cheers its own demise. Tencent reported disappointing results in which it cheered the crackdown which has caused it so many problems and also declined...

Nvidia GTC 2022 – Picks and shovels.

Nvidia builds barriers to entry. Nvidia is enhancing its claim to be the picks and shovels of the Metaverse and AI with the launch of...

Alibaba & Tencent – The backstop

Alibaba moves to support the recovery. Alibaba has increased its share buyback in a move that should help put a bottom under the recent rout,...

GM / Cruise – Cruise control

Accounting gives GM an instant paper profit. General Motors is buying SoftBank out of its stake in Cruise in what will end as a good...

Magic Leap – Second life pt. II

Magic Leap makes its pitch to stay in the game. Magic Leap has allowed reviewers to get an early look at its new device which...

Chinese Technology – Selective reprieve

The regulatory shadow mostly passes. China has moved to end the uncertainty that has been plaguing its technology sector with a statement that promises an...