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China vs. USA – A Drop in the Ocean

China’s new machines don’t add up to much. China has announced new semiconductor manufacturing machines that will help it eliminate its dependence on foreign equipment, but the reality is that...

Intel – Lifeline

Intel secures an anchor tenant. Intel’s arrangement with Amazon and the delay of its European rollout add to previous measures that aim to conserve cash underlying just how badly the...

OpenAI – Hot Mess pt. III

The hot mess may be tidied up. OpenAI’s corporate structure has been unfit for purpose for over a year now but finally, it looks as if investors paying a pre-money...

Artificial Intelligence – Reasoning Debate pt. II

o1 runs before it can walk. OpenAI has blown the reasoning argument wide open again with the launch of o1 but the model still makes fundamental mistakes implying it still...

10Forward – Gamification of Research

RFM reviews Star’s 10-year vision report. The 10Forward (​see here​) from Star is an unusual report that encourages the reader to influence the outcome and is designed to ignite thought...

Apple – Chugging along

AirPods Pro win a fairly ordinary event. With Apple Intelligence being the big new feature which will come to all iPhone 16 versions and the iPhone 15 Pro, Apple relied...

Tech Newsround – Arm and Qualcomm

Arm & Apple.   The biggest winner from the iPhone 16 launch today could be Arm because if Apple moves to the V9 architecture, it will provide a significant jump...

USA vs China – Annual Event

Aiming for a coalition of like-minded countries. Clamping down on technology exports to China has now become an annual event and this year takes aim at quantum computing and offers...

Windows on Arm – The Empire Strikes Back pt. II

Intel takes the fight to Qualcomm and AMD.   Intel has formally launched its answer to the Qualcomm X Elite and AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 series and if its benchmarks...

Research Publication – Artificial Intelligence – AI Ecosystem Part I

3rd September 2024: RFM expands its coverage of Artificial Intelligence with an analysis of the emerging AI Ecosystem and how it will evolve over the coming years. RFM subscribers will...