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Arm China – No Armed robbery

Very little to see here. The notion that Arm China has pilfered Arm’s IP and is selling it to Chinese customers makes no sense because even if it were true,...

Samsung & Intel – Supercycle pt. II

More peak cycle signals. Following on from its strong Q2 2021 results, Samsung has announced that it will be investing an eye-watering KRW240tn or $215bn over the next three years...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. VIII

NVIDIA has some explaining to do. The UK competition authority clearly has more concerns than expected with regard to NVIDIA’s purchase of Arm, meaning that NVIDIA is going to have...

Intel IDM 2.0 – The name game.

The end of silicon is now on the distant horizon. As part of its IDM2.0 strategy, Intel is changing its manufacturing node naming system which will bring it more into...

FB / QCOM results – More big hitting.

Semis looks better than Internet at the moment. Facebook Q2 2021 – Better lucky than good. Facebook reported excellent results but the adpocalypse is going to hurt in Q3 leaving...

Semiconductors – Exception or canary?

Texas Instruments raises questions on the supercycle. Texas Instruments bucked the semiconductor super cycle narrative in its Q2 2021 results with a forecast that has led some to question whether...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. VII.

NVIDIA wins major support. NVIDIA got a big boost for its acquisition of Arm with MediaTek, Broadcom & Marvell all publicly supporting the deal which I think greatly reduces the...

Arm vs. RISC-V – Heel nipping

RISC-V wins blue-chip backing. In announcing some higher-end RISC-V-based processors and winning support from Intel, SiFive has improved the credibility of RISC-V when it comes to challenging Arm in more...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. VI.

Simon and Jensen make their case. Arm and NVIDIA have made a good case as to how the technology industry (excluding Intel and AMD) will benefit from NVIDIA’s acquisition from...

Arm & NVIDIA – RISC Risk

RISC-V gains more momentum. One of the big problems of Arm’s perceived loss of independence by being acquired by NVIDIA is that interest in rivals, once thought to be dead,...