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China Technology – Big boots.

Big shoes create opportunities. The fall from grace of Jack Ma in the eyes of China’s government has created an opportunity that may be replicated elsewhere should other tech tycoons...

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...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. XXVI

The UK hardens its stance still further. A new bill passing through the UK parliament that bans the installation of Huawei equipment from September 2021 has caused some consternation but...

China vs. India – Warning shot pt. II

The smartphone market is the elephant in the room. India has continued to express its unhappiness with China in a dispute which could end up hurting Chinese companies a lot...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. XXV

Honor is unlikely to escape. The last 18months have seen a game of cat and mouse between the US Department of Commerce and Huawei but this is quickly coming to...

Arm and NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. II.

RISC-V has a second lease of life. While there is no sign that NVIDIA will be unable to maintain Arm’s crucial independence, just the mere fact of the possibility has...

Qualcomm FQ4 2020 – Happy wave.

Finally, a wave to be pleased about. Qualcomm reported excellent results as the combination of Apple and China is driving a rapid roll-out of 5G enabled devices which is a...

Ant Group – Whoops apocalypse.

Jack Ma has made someone very cross. The Chinese regulator has forced both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to suspend the Ant Financial IPO at...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. XXIV.

Re-inventing the silicon wheel makes no sense. Huawei appears to be planning on building its own semiconductor fab that is independent of US technology in a move that looks certain...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt XXIII.

Another reprieve in name only. Allowing Huawei to buy non-5G components offers very little reprieve for either the infrastructure business or the handset business and from a security perspective makes...