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Samsung Q2 2022 – Supercycle pt. VI.

Samsung triggers a relief rally. Samsung reported results that broadly met expectations and I suspect that Samsung will be taking share in the coming quarters which would begin to explain...

Semiconductors – Supercycle pt. V.

Micron joins the canaries. Micron reported good FQ3 2022 results but guided badly blaming a sudden softening in demand that has forced it to slow its expansion sending the most...

Arm / SoftBank – No winners

Delay is increasingly the best option. The discussion over which exchange Arm is going to re-list on is increasingly irrelevant as the far more pressing issue is how SoftBank is...

Semiconductors – Supercycle pt. IV

Three canaries burst into song. While the semiconductor companies are announcing record capital investment plans, there are signs that demand for components is starting to soften, highlighting the possibility that...

Semiconductor cycle – The splurge

Spending splurge in full swing. Intel has announced that it will spend at least $33bn on leading-edge capacity in Europe in yet another sign that we are in the upward...

Arm vs RISC-V – Peak appeal

The appeal of RISC-V has peaked. SiFive, the RISC-V chip designer is selling its OpenFive services business including some of its designs to Alphawave IP in what I think is...

Apple – Ultra expensive.

Apple smacks Intel, AMD and Nvidia across the chops. Apple held its “peek performance” event where the star of the show was a Mac Mini on steroids with a hefty...

Intel / Crypto – Picks and shovels

Intel turns its hand to disruption. The first signs of Intel’s new identity are beginning to emerge with the launch of a new product that aims to challenge Chinese dominance...

Nvidia & Arm – The unthinkable pt. XII (final edition)

An unthinkable transaction remains exactly that. It looks like Nvidia has thrown in the towel on the transaction to acquire Arm with the likely result now a relisting of Arm...

Intel / Samsung Q4 21 – Two cities

Intel Q4 21 – Hard place. Intel reported reasonable results but pressure on gross margins revealed just how hard Intel is finding life at the moment as in a shortage,...