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Samsung – The Chips are Down?

Most upside for MediaTek Samsung is having trouble with more than just high bandwidth memory (HBM) as it appears that it is considering not using its Exynos processor in some...

Arm vs. Qualcomm – Noisy Crickets

More noise than bang. Arm has served Qualcomm with a notice that cancels its contract to sell Arm IP in its products, but because the notice period ends in the...

Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit – Family Matters

Automotive joins the Oryon family. In what was an obvious move, Qualcomm has rolled the Oryon custom CPU into its automotive product offering that will give OEMs a greater opportunity...

Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit – Ghostbusters

Qualcomm slays the 64-bit ghost. Qualcomm has slain the ghost of 64-bit computing by returning to custom CPUs in smartphones with a big leap in performance that will have competitors...

ASML Q3 24 – The Inevitable

The Chinese are no longer stockpiling.   The combination of economic-related delays and China realising that stockpiling ASML equipment ahead of further bans might not help them very much has...

Samsung Q3 24 – A Note 7 Moment.

Problems look temporary and create an opportunity Samsung has reported good results but made a rare apology to investors for its continued inability to catch up with its competitors in...

Cerebras Systems – Customer No. 1

One customer is a tough risk to swallow at $7.4bn. Cerebras Systems has filed for an IPO at a mooted valuation of $7.4bn (Bloomberg) but with almost all of its...

Qualcomm & Intel – Indigestion

Qualcomm doesn’t need Intel. The vultures are hovering around Intel and while Intel will make a tasty and nutritious meal for some, I think Intel would end up sticking in...

Huawei – The Price of Unreality

I think the price is so high due to the silicon. Huawei is goading Apple by releasing a completely new product just after Apple released more of the same but...

Tech Newsround – Arm and Qualcomm

Arm & Apple.   The biggest winner from the iPhone 16 launch today could be Arm because if Apple moves to the V9 architecture, it will provide a significant jump...