Archive For

February 2025

Alexa + & GPT4.5 – Mad Scramble

Competition heats up even more. Amazon has finally announced the new version of Alexa but at the same time, OpenAI has released its new model...

Nvidia FQ4 25 – On the Nose

Not too little, not too much, just right. Nvidia reported results that confirmed that the AI spending spree remains on track, but this growth is...

Artificial Intelligence– Spray and Pray

Irrational exuberance is still with us. The valuations being attributed to certain AI start-ups who have no products and talk like they don’t care about...

Huawei – The Yield Game

I remain sceptical about these claims. Huawei is making some bold claims with regard to the yield that it is achieving on the AI chips...

Artificial Intelligence – The Asymptote pt. III

Perplexity starts a race to the bottom with deep research. In the space of a month, pretty much everyone now has or will soon have...

Alibaba FQ3 25 – Mo Comes To China

AI momentum finally makes it to China. Alibaba reported good results where a jump in cloud revenues allowed the company to justify large investments in...

iPhone 16e – Pugilistic Intent

New modem needs to succeed to re-open hostilities. Apple has finally launched a phone that uses its own in-house 5G modem, but the real test...

Grok 3 – Spoilt for Choice

The count of equally good models continues to rise xAI has released the latest version of its Grok model and, while it scores very well...

China Technology – The Turn Pt. II

Private sector comes in from the cold Not only did President Xi turn up but he also made comments which indicate that, while he may...

China Technology – The Turn?

Jack Ma may again be the turning point. Jack Ma’s potential meeting with President Xi is a sign that after 4 ½ years, the Chinese...