Meta vs. Everyone – Independence Day
Meta pushes harder for independence. Meta’s difficult experience with Android and iOS has left it so determined to be self-reliant that in addition to AI,...
Apple & Google – Scrappled & Scroogled?
Apple would be in less danger than Google. The advent of LLMs potentially creates a dislocation in the market that has many start-ups and every...
Tesla Q3 24 – Irrational Exuberance
By its own standard, the shares should be falling. Tesla reported excellent results and guidance but given the valuation of the shares and how the...
Arm vs. Qualcomm – Noisy Crickets
More noise than bang. Arm has served Qualcomm with a notice that cancels its contract to sell Arm IP in its products, but because the...
Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit – Family Matters
Automotive joins the Oryon family. In what was an obvious move, Qualcomm has rolled the Oryon custom CPU into its automotive product offering that will...
Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit – Ghostbusters
Qualcomm slays the 64-bit ghost. Qualcomm has slain the ghost of 64-bit computing by returning to custom CPUs in smartphones with a big leap in...
Artificial Intelligence – Hard Times in China
A potential benefit of hardship. China’s lack of cutting-edge silicon and limited amounts of cash to spend on compute is forcing it to innovate in...
Research Publication – Automotive Ecosystems – Sitting Ducks – CarPlay 3.0
18th October 2024: RFM deepens its coverage of Automotive Ecosystems with a look at the evolution of Apple CarPlay and how it may enable Apple...
ASML Q3 24 – The Inevitable
The Chinese are no longer stockpiling. The combination of economic-related delays and China realising that stockpiling ASML equipment ahead of further bans might not...
Meta & Microsoft – Everything AI