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AMD – The Blueprint

AMD emulates Nvidia but has more to do. AMD is building a vertically integrated AI toolkit based on its silicon but there are two elements still missing that will still...

Lucid Motors – Off the Bottom?

Higher shipments at negative gross margins are not good news. Lucid Motors has preannounced its shipments for Q2 24 where it managed an impressive jump in shipments despite the weakening...

Apple & OpenAI – Arm’s Length

Being on the board will make no difference. Inviting Apple as an observer onto its board is a pitch to Apple to more deeply integrate OpenAI into its ecosystem but...

Apple’s Metaverse – Fool’s Errand

A cheaper Vision Pro makes less sense than the original. In response to poor sales, it appears that Apple is working on a cheaper version of the Vision Pro which...

Windows on Arm – Spit and Polish

Looking good but polish needed. For a first generation, things are looking very good, but it is clear that when one gets into the weeds there are a few loose...

Rivian & VW – Desperation Bedfellows

VW & Rivian rescue each other.  VW’s $5bn investment is precisely what Rivian needs to prevent it from suffering Fisker’s fate but at the same time, it is quite possible...

OpenAI & Microsoft – ChatCopilot

OpenAI bites the hand that feeds it.  Despite the inevitability of ending up as part of Microsoft, Open AI is determined to compete with Copilot and is making acquisitions to...

Artificial Intelligence – The Asymptote

Only AGI can prevent a correction.  More companies and more models all of whom perform within a fairly close range but consume billions of dollars in investment capital point to...

Electric Vehicles – Unready for Reality pt. III

EU tariffs will weaken demand further.   The EU has announced import tariffs on Chinese EVs that are likely to trigger a retaliation and an increase in price to the...

Apple Intelligence – Bells and Whistles.

Apple replicates Copilot+ with privacy bells and whistles Apple has made its play in generative AI by picking to copy the best that its competition has to offer and rolling...