Open-source strategy unlikely to deliver.
7 years later, and China is still at 7nm. Despite a large marketing effort to persuade the world that it is close to being self-sufficient in semiconductors, the evidence points...
It is no coincidence that Apple and Amazon are AI’s biggest detractors. Competition in AI is spilling over into public relations and marketing and I think that it is no...
The technological wall continues to grow. The ban on software design tools will hurt China in the short term, and while the domestic industry will undoubtedly find a way around...
The industry has a very short memory. The fact that no one has noticed that DeepSeek has updated its model is a clear sign that the only thing that was...
Game still on. Another great set of results confirms that the AI boom is still on and that any weakness from Chinese restrictions can easily be resold to other customers....
There will be fewer Chinese car makers. Recent price cuts from BYD are accelerating a price war against a backdrop of weak domestic demand, meaning that the inevitable consolidation of...
Economic gloom shatters AI dreams. Alibaba reported a mediocre set of results, underlining that the task at hand for the Chinese state is to breathe life back into the consumer...
The current game mode is isolation. On top of incentivising the Middle East to pivot West, the US Department of Commerce has warned that the use of Huawei chips is...
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
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