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Apple – Slow roller

Apple makes lemons from lemonade. The master of marketing will be at work drumming up excitement via increased scarcity for a product that has no long-term future in this iteration...

Semiconductors – China and subsidies

Micron – Collateral damage In an attempt to overturn the ban that China has placed on its chips, Micron has committed to invest $602m in its chip-packaging plant in China...

Apple – Digital Life Insurance

Apple plants its flag in The Metaverse. Apple has announced its play for The Metaverse but by going at least 3 years early, it has been forced to make some...

Apple WWDC – One missing thing

The generative AI elephant is likely to be ignored. All of the attention will be on Apple this week where it is almost certain to make a play for the...

Apple – Silent takeover

Apple is slowly consuming more of the economy. Ahead of WWDC Apple has released a report it had commissioned to examine the app economy on iOS revealing that while traditional...

Technology Newsround – Zoom, Cars & AR

Zoom – Hybrid work. Zoom reported good results as pandemic customers are sticking with the service which allowed the company to raise its estimates resulting in a valuation that is...

USA vs. China – The tell

China reveals its hand. China has banned Micron’s products from critical infrastructure in a move that clearly demonstrates just how weak its hand is in semiconductors which remains something it...

Apple FQ2 2023 – Top dog.

Hardware rocks but AI flops Apple executed a pretty flawless quarter with market share gains in emerging markets offsetting the macro, but it is clear that when it comes to...

Qualcomm FQ2 23 & AMD Q1 23 – Cycle hurts

Down cycle sinks all boats. Qualcomm FQ2 23 – Well positioned Qualcomm reported results that demonstrated its ability to manage its business but was forced to guide weakly as the...

Arm vs. Qualcomm – Preamble

A situation that makes little sense. The dispute between Arm and Qualcomm is one of the more bizarre that I have seen in my time, but it is descending into...