USA vs. China – Closing Loopholes
ASML bucks the Chinese trend. Excellent results from ASML indicate that China is still buying as much equipment as it can get its hands...
SoftBank and Graphcore – AI Armoury
More than meets the eye. Contrary to my expectations (see here), SoftBank has acquired AI chipmaker Graphcore for around $600m which is way below its...
OpenAI – Strawberries and Cream
Project Strawberry unlikely to get the cream. OpenAI has come up with a system to rank its progress towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) but apart...
Tesla – More of Same
Robotaxis could be a near-fatal disease. Tesla has rallied on a fantasy that I think will never come true even if FSD eventually works but...
AMD – The Blueprint
AMD emulates Nvidia but has more to do. AMD is building a vertically integrated AI toolkit based on its silicon but there are two elements...
Windows on Arm – Trump Card
Its battery life first and AI second. It turns out that as good as the Copilot+ features are, they need a bit more refining before...
Lucid Motors – Off the Bottom?
Higher shipments at negative gross margins are not good news. Lucid Motors has preannounced its shipments for Q2 24 where it managed an impressive jump...
Samsung Q2 – Party On!
Samsung confirms the AI party is still on. Samsung has reported another set of excellent results confirming that the spending on AI is continuing apace...
Baidu – World No. 1?
Baidu is now the biggest & cheapest AI ecosystem. While OpenAI is withdrawing from China, Baidu has already moved to fill the void as its...
TSMC Q2 24 – Still Rolling