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Artificial Intelligence – Scaling Debate

Scaling laws appear to be dying. There are more signs that the “scaling laws” that have underpinned the AI explosion (and all of the hype attached to super-intelligent machines) are...

China & Semis – No Score Draw

China and semiconductors are unlikely to change much. A change of administration is likely to mean that there is more noise and bluster but no real change when it comes...

Qualcomm FQ4 & ARM FQ2 – Story of Two Halves

Qualcomm FQ4 24 – Top Gear. Qualcomm reported good results that beat expectations as a result of a strong performance in automotive, providing the first piece of hard evidence that...

Google vs. OpenAI – The Hits Keep Coming

Google on the back foot. Open AI has launched a competitor to Google which performs reasonably well in a strong indication that the barriers to entry in the search business...

Palantir Q3 24– Icarus Ascending

There is no fundamental support here. Another set of good results drove Palantir shares to new highs, but this was not the sort of blow-out that Nvidia has been reporting...

Samsung – The Chips are Down?

Most upside for MediaTek Samsung is having trouble with more than just high bandwidth memory (HBM) as it appears that it is considering not using its Exynos processor in some...

Apple & Amazon – Mixed Bag

Apple FQ4 24 – Intelligence upgrades. Apple reported good results as the promise of Apple Intelligence has generated a mini-upgrade cycle, but it was not nearly enough to return the...

Meta & Microsoft – Everything AI

Meta Platforms Q3 24 – Boondoggle? Meta reported good results but the continued heavy investments into AI and The Metaverse from which returns are hard to quantify, made the market...

Meta vs. Everyone – Independence Day

Meta pushes harder for independence. Meta’s difficult experience with Android and iOS has left it so determined to be self-reliant that in addition to AI, it is now having a...

Tesla Q3 24 – Irrational Exuberance

By its own standard, the shares should be falling. Tesla reported excellent results and guidance but given the valuation of the shares and how the company sees itself going forward,...