CoPilot+ good. Battery life better. Microsoft is so confident that Windows on Arm is going to work that it didn’t even mention this fact when it presented its new Arm-powered devices leaving AMD and Intel with everything to do. In a very carefully scripted keynote (see here) Microsoft launched two new Surface devices and showcased more than ten others all...
The financial noose tightens. The end of Fisker, the imminent end of several others as well as worsening financial conditions in China clearly point to the ongoing slowdown and shakeout in EVs where only the strongest are going to survive. The problem with EVs is relatively straightforward in that the proposition of an EV is immature and not ready for...
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 Windows laptop market, and this time around, it has by far its best chance of success. This will then be followed by the PC trade show of the year,...
OpenAI draws first blood in the competition against Google. Google continues to struggle with its messaging as OpenAI was able to deliver more in 30 minutes than Google did in a long, rambling and discombobulated 2 hours. If Google intended to amaze and astound then it failed badly, but it did manage to deliver a solid set of updates that...
OpenAI jumps in just before everyone else. OpenAI’s new model has very little to do with improving raw performance and everything to do with making it easier and more fun to use, in a move designed to drive engagement and establish OpenAI as the premier AI ecosystem. OpenAI fired the first shots in the developer conference season that will see...
Pressure is making life very hard for Chinese semiconductors. SMIC reported difficult results as the cash machine that is supposed to be lagging edge is not delivering meaning that the losses that are being incurred at its most advanced, but uneconomic fabs are increasingly being felt in its financial performance. Q1 24 revenue / net income was $1.75bn / $71.8m...
Good, but it needs to be better. A large proportion of the automotive industry thinks that GM has taken leave of its senses by ditching CarPlay in its electric vehicles but the initial feedback is much better than expected although it needs to be a lot better before GM will be able to rid itself of Apple’s shackles. It was...
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 year was not quite up to expectations meaning that the shares will now remain a push and pull between what multiple should be paid for AI and its relatively consistent...
Apple ups its cadence as competition heats up. Apple appears to be taking a leaf out of Nvidia’s book in launching a new chip just 6 months after it launched the last one in order to remain two generations ahead of Qualcomm even though it does not seem to be competing directly with it. Apple also updated its ageing iPad...
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Microsoft Build – Crystal Clear
Microsoft clarifies its AI ecosystem ambition. Although the real action was yesterday, Microsoft used its 2024 Build keynote to lay out its proposition to developers for using Microsoft tools to build AI and it did a far better job of it than Google and in half the time. Microsoft’s message was very clear in that it showed the AI technology...