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...
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...
About Me
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
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