Archive For

October 2024

Meta & Microsoft – Everything AI

Meta Platforms Q3 24 – Boondoggle? Meta reported good results but the continued heavy investments into AI and The Metaverse from which returns are hard...

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...