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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...

Apple & the Metaverse – Mixed signals

Will he or won’t he? Tim Cook’s change of tone combined with endless leaks suggest that a Metaverse device is imminent however it still makes no sense to launch now...

Meta Platforms – Give and take pt. II

About half of the savings will materialise. Meta Platforms has announced further job cuts which will help reduce expenses but the renewed subsidisation of the Metaverse may well eat up...

BharOS – The Bollysystem 3.0

A schizophrenic OS that no one will want to use The new Indian OS for smartphones doesn’t really know what it wants to be, but I think it will appeal...

The Metaverse – Enterprise only

Expectations and sentiment continue to worsen. The reduction in PlayStation VR2 volumes for 2023 does not come as a huge surprise as the Metaverse is very far from being ready...

Microsoft – single vision.

The end for HoloLens? Part of Microsoft’s 5% workforce reduction includes “changes to our hardware portfolio” which probably does not mean Xbox or Surface meaning that it is almost certainly...

Apple – Failure to launch.

Apple’s incremental reality The new reality of the Metaverse appears to have caused Apple to delay its AR headset and although the media still expects it to release a VR-like...