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Uber and Aurora – Outsourced future.

Uber’s autonomous driving technology finally goes in the bin. Aurora signals the end of the road for Uber’s woeful autonomous offering in a deal where I think ATG investors should...

Quantum computing – Under starter’s orders.

And so the next big race begins. A group of Chinese scientists is claiming to have reached quantum supremacy which while it means very little in practical realities at the...

Uber & Aurora – Back to front.

Only a joint venture makes any sense at all. While it makes complete sense for Uber to get rid of its autonomous driving activity and start again, I think Aurora...

SoftBank & Boston Dynamics – Homecoming.

Boston Dynamics finds a credible home. Boston Dynamics may have finally found a credible owner spelling the end of click-bait robots that lose money and instead focusing on bringing its...

Autonomous Autos – Stark contrast

The leaders should survive while rest look to be in great peril. While Waymo pushes ahead with its “driverless” taxi service, Uber is mired in difficulty clearly indicating that the...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable.

Another unthinkable event to add to 2020’s long list. For nearly 20 years I have strongly believed that Arm could not be acquired by another semiconductor company as Arm’s acceptance...

TikTok – Remote control lobby.

TikTok lobbies for an extension TikTok’s transparency briefing actually explains very little about how the algorithm works and looks to me to be an attempt to get the press to...

NVIDIA FQ2 2020 – The wrong AI

Brute force is not the answer. NVIDIA reported excellent results as it is the main supplier to an industry where difficulties in evolving its technology have forced it to rely...

Nvidia & Mercedes-Benz – The long cycle.

The 4-year design cycle problem again. Nvidia has landed a major blue-chip client for its Drive Orin platform in announcing with Mercedes-Benz but by the time it ships in 2024,...

Amazon & Zoox – Bottom fishing

Consolidation wave gathers momentum. Zoox would make a good fit for Amazon which clearly intends to capitalise on autonomous driving being much later than expected meaning that the smaller players...