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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 peak valuation meaning that the...

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 and that it may be...

Apple Intelligence – Bells and Whistles.

Apple replicates Copilot+ with privacy bells and whistles Apple has made its play in generative AI by picking to copy the best that its competition has to offer and rolling...

Arm FQ4 24 – Volatile Visibility.

The story will remain v9 for some time. Arm reported good results where it made good on its FY24 forecasts, but the shares fell as the guidance for the coming...

Tech Newsround – GOOG, MSFT & INTC

2 hits, one miss Alphabet: AI everywhere Alphabet reported strong results and spent its conference call reminding everyone that it is the best AI company even if it does a...

Meta Platforms & AI – Size Does Matter

Meta Platforms is implying its models are the most efficient. In the ever-expanding, world of huge AI models, Meta is hinting that it is going the other way with Llama...

Apple – Buzzword Magic

I am not sure anyone knows what an AI laptop is.    Such is the magic of AI that it can add over $100bn to the value of a company...

Meta vs. Nvidia – No competition

Meta is still tinkering with silicon.  Meta’s new AI chip is being taken as a competitor to Nvidia but the fact that it does not even remotely compare to Nvidia’s...

China vs. USA – Economics is Everything

China blocks the USA with no viable alternative. China has moved to remove Intel and AMD from its data centres but with Huawei and the rest of the semiconductor struggling...

Nvidia GTC 2024 Day 1 – Entrenchment

Nvidia knows exactly what it is doing. Nvidia once again distanced itself from its rivals revealing yet more hardware advances and new features for its platforms that aim to increase...