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Artificial Intelligence – Whoops Microsoft

Microsoft accidentally makes the case for edge AI. A simple mistake by employees exposed terabytes of Microsoft’s internal data to the world underlining that generative AI is still at the...

Apple – Nothing burger

A gesture, some silicon and a bit of camera. When the most exciting new feature is a gesture for the Apple Watch, it is clear that the new iPhone offers...

China vs. USA – Sucker punch

Apple is at higher risk than Qualcomm. Both Apple and Qualcomm have taken a hit over their exposure to China, but the reality is that Apple carries much higher exposure...

Broadcom, Intel & Dell – Enterprise in charge

Smartphones continue to languish. Results from players in both the enterprise and consumer space indicate that while the consumer sector remains difficult, enterprise demand appears to have bottomed which in...

Nvidia & Peloton – Chalk and cheese

Two very different sets of results. Nvidia Q2 2023 – As good as it gets. Despite results that substantially beat expectations, the shares jumped much less than they did last...

SoftBank & Arm – All the stops pt. II

More like Qualcomm than Nvidia.  SoftBank has made public the F-1 for the IPO or Arm which is a fair appraisal of the company, but it does not read like...

SoftBank & Arm – IPO conundrum

One of the trickiest IPOs for many years.   SoftBank’s difficulties are increasing after the Chinese economy has hammered the valuation at which it could exit Alibaba and the knock-on...

Apple & Qualcomm– Rare agreement

For once, Apple and Qualcomm are on the same page. Amongst a difficult set of results, there are signs of a number of trends that put the company in a...

Amazon and Apple – Holding steady

Apple FQ3 23 – Eating Android. Apple reported a difficult set of results but weakness in the smartphone market was offset by a strong performance from services and the incremental...

Huawei – 5G non-starter.

Huawei is not coming back in 5G. Huawei is reportedly planning a 5G comeback in smartphones but while there is no reason why it can’t make 5G devices, they will...