Archive For

January 2023

Google vs. ChatGPT – Scroogled again?

ChatGPT has Google needlessly rattled. Google has published a thinly veiled push-back against the notion that ChatGPT is a threat to its core search business...

Deep Tech – 3D & wireless power

3D without glasses – The great debate. Ever since the TV makers’ disastrous attempt to get us all watching 3D TV at home, 3D outside...

Semiconductors – Competing factors

2023 likely to be West vs. East. TSMC added its voice to Samsung’s in calling out the softness in the semiconductor market and I think...

China vs. USA – False dawn.

There is more to EUV than a patent. There is a very big difference between filing a patent on the reflection of Extreme Ultraviolet light...

Microsoft & OpenAI – Fluff ’n’ stuff

OpenAI is a long way from challenging Google. The hubris around OpenAI following the popularity of ChatGPT continues to grow but the nature of ChatGPT...

Apple & Semis – Integration game

Qualcomm helps Broadcom for once. Although Apple is intending to design Broadcom out of its iPhones in favour of an in-house solution, I suspect that...

CES 2023 – Dark horses of Vegas

China. China stands out in that although being mostly absent from the show this year, China is the most likely to surprise this year. This...

CES 2023 Day 1 – Foot and mouth

CES 2023 – Almost normal Despite a lot of hype, the footfall at CES 2023 is below pre-pandemic levels. There are a number of mitigating...

CES 2023 Day 0 – Cars, cars & more cars

EV, not Auto – Soggy reality. Making electric cars is not nearly as exciting as vehicles that drive themselves, but the fact that they are...

RFM 2023 Top 5 – Sombre but sober

China Technology – The last shoe The worsening Covid situation in China continues to hurt sentiment towards Chinese technology but this looks to me like...