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CES 2022 Day 3 – Fold and folding

Displays – Fold Samsung Display has led the field this year launching its first Quantum Dot (QD) OLED TVs as well as showing a new take on foldable screens. The...

CES 2022 Day 2 – Peace and progress.

Quiet floors but lots to see Contrary to the words of Gary Shapiro, CTA CEO, the floors of Vegas are not messy but sparse and quiet. It looks to me...

CES 2022 Day O – Waiting for 2023

Omicron pandemonium – Silver lining Despite the best efforts of the CTA, the advent of the hyper-contagious SARS-Cov2 variant means that CES 2022 is going to be a subdued affair....

Nvidia & Arm – The unthinkable pt. XI.

The FTC drops the hammer. The FTC is unique in being the only regulator so far to actively come out against the deal which I think represents the biggest setback...

Xiaomi – Cars, cars and cars.

Xiaomi could become a car company. Xiaomi appears to be planning to make at least 300,000 EVs per year which if successful could see EV revenue take over as its...

Alibaba & Nvidia – Government hassles.

Alibaba: a bail-out to win favour? The fact that news of an Alibaba-led consortium being the lead contender to bail out failed chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup sent the shares down 5%...

Qualcomm & Semis – Barmy army.

Qualcomm answers the M-series challenge. Qualcomm has worked out how to challenge Apple’s current advantage in Arm-based CPUs but the fact that it will be 2023 before it hits the...

Microsoft & Meta – Low hanging fruit

Interoperability between these two is the easy bit. Interoperability between Microsoft and Meta Platforms is an important step to ensuring the success of the Metaverse, but this one was an...

Peloton FQ1 2022 – The narrative crashes

Peloton is under assault on all fronts. Peloton is a warning to anyone who has invested in narrative-driven stocks that when the story breaks and the fundamentals start to matter...

Qualcomm FQ4 21 – Execution chops

Qualcomm is the exception to shortages. Qualcomm reported good results and guided well which I think demonstrated more about the company’s ability to execute as opposed to sending a signal...