Archive For

November 2024

Apple – Bottom of the Barrel.

Apple looks like it has run out of ideas. It looks like growth is becoming a real problem at Apple as it is considering entering...

Amazon & AI – A Question of Time

No one is going to dislodge Nvidia yet. Amazon is readying the next version of its in-house AI training and inference chips but until CUDA...

Artificial Intelligence – Scaling Debate

Scaling laws appear to be dying. There are more signs that the “scaling laws” that have underpinned the AI explosion (and all of the hype...

China & Semis – No Score Draw

China and semiconductors are unlikely to change much. A change of administration is likely to mean that there is more noise and bluster but no...

Qualcomm FQ4 & ARM FQ2 – Story of Two Halves

Qualcomm FQ4 24 – Top Gear. Qualcomm reported good results that beat expectations as a result of a strong performance in automotive, providing the first...

Google vs. OpenAI – The Hits Keep Coming

Google on the back foot. Open AI has launched a competitor to Google which performs reasonably well in a strong indication that the barriers to...

Palantir Q3 24– Icarus Ascending

There is no fundamental support here. Another set of good results drove Palantir shares to new highs, but this was not the sort of blow-out...

Samsung – The Chips are Down?

Most upside for MediaTek Samsung is having trouble with more than just high bandwidth memory (HBM) as it appears that it is considering not using...

Apple & Amazon – Mixed Bag

Apple FQ4 24 – Intelligence upgrades. Apple reported good results as the promise of Apple Intelligence has generated a mini-upgrade cycle, but it was not...