SoftBank & Arm finally get the upper hand. The fight for Arm China that is causing consternation to Arm’s IPO looks to be in its final stages but it has...
Meta Platforms Q1 22 – Short squeeze Meta Platforms reported good results and has returned to low user growth, but the current tough outlook leads me to think that the...
Three canaries burst into song. While the semiconductor companies are announcing record capital investment plans, there are signs that demand for components is starting to soften, highlighting the possibility that...
Sourcing from China raises eyebrows. Apple looks increasingly likely to source some of its storage chips from Yangtze Memory Technology Corp. (YMTC) which will raise eyebrows but at the end...
Spending splurge in full swing. Intel has announced that it will spend at least $33bn on leading-edge capacity in Europe in yet another sign that we are in the upward...
The appeal of RISC-V has peaked. SiFive, the RISC-V chip designer is selling its OpenFive services business including some of its designs to Alphawave IP in what I think is...
An unthinkable transaction remains exactly that. It looks like Nvidia has thrown in the towel on the transaction to acquire Arm with the likely result now a relisting of Arm...
Microsoft FQ2 2022 – skittish investors. Microsoft’s results demonstrated just how edgy the market is with the numbers causing the shares to fall 5% followed by reassuring comments on the...
TSMC’s commentary has all the hallmarks of peak cycle. With $38bn in cash, $40bn in operating cash flow (before Capex), TSMC can afford to take some risk, but the sheer...
Arm / SoftBank – No winners
Delay is increasingly the best option. The discussion over which exchange Arm is going to re-list on is increasingly irrelevant as the far more pressing issue is how SoftBank is...