Intel Q4 21 – Hard place. Intel reported reasonable results but pressure on gross margins revealed just how hard Intel is finding life at the moment as in a shortage,...
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...
Alibaba: a bail-out to win favour? The fact that news of an Alibaba-led consortium being the lead contender to bail out failed chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup sent the shares down 5%...
Qualcomm answers the M-series challenge. Qualcomm has worked out how to challenge Apple’s current advantage in Arm-based CPUs but the fact that it will be 2023 before it hits the...
A deeper investigation was always expected. It looks like the UK Government is going to order a phase II investigation into Nvidia’s purchase of Arm from Softbank which is going...
Qualcomm is the exception to shortages. Qualcomm reported good results and guided well which I think demonstrated more about the company’s ability to execute as opposed to sending a signal...
Some semis are value stocks. Samsung fleshed out its preliminary report by reporting another very good quarter supported by strong chip pricing thanks to the current shortage. Despite signs that...
Intel Q3 2021 – The price of progress. Intel reported excellent Q3 2021 results and reasonable 2021 guidance, but it turns out that investments have to be paid for...
An EU investigation was expected. The EU is extremely likely to opt for a deeper investigation into the acquisition of Arm by NVIDIA in a move that was very predictable...
Nvidia & Arm – The unthinkable pt. XII (final edition)
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...