AI party spoilt by China. TSMC reported good results and narrowed its guidance to the top end of the range in a move that added confidence that the AI...
Samsung confirms the AI party is still on. Samsung has reported another set of excellent results confirming that the spending on AI is continuing apace and that it may be...
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...
Huawei says the quiet part out loud. Huawei has admitted that true leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing is unlikely to be achieved in China, meaning that homegrown technologies that rely on...
Reminiscent of x86 vs. Arm. The key theme of Computex was the arrival of generative AI on the PC and while most attention was on Copilot+ running on the NPU,...
Third time lucky for Windows on Arm. Qualcomm: Swinging for the fence. With branded shoes and a flashy t-shirt, Copilot+’s most enthusiastic fan made his Computex debut bringing all the...
Jensen consumerises GTC. Nvidia stole the early Computex limelight away from AMD with another massively attended keynote that mostly rehashed GTC but made the story more accessible and lifted the...
Arm’s 3rd shot at Windows laptops might just work. Apart from AI, Microsoft Build is likely to see the main launch of Qualcomm, Arm & Microsoft’s 3rd attempt at addressing...
The story will remain v9 for some time. Arm reported good results where it made good on its FY24 forecasts, but the shares fell as the guidance for the coming...
China vs. USA – Tit for Tat pt. III
The cure for high prices is high prices. The Chinese export restrictions on Gallium and Germanium are tight enough to have triggered significant price rises which will in time incentivise...