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Qualcomm – Eye on Mobileye

Qualcomm is coming for Mobileye. Qualcomm has won its fight for Veoneer which will see it expand its offering in automated driving in an attempt to take on Mobileye in...

China vs USA – Problematic signals

SMIC’s expansion highlights China’s difficulty in semiconductors. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is expanding its capacity, but its plans betray its limitations meaning that its 10nm aspirations are probably vapourware...

Arm China – No Armed robbery

Very little to see here. The notion that Arm China has pilfered Arm’s IP and is selling it to Chinese customers makes no sense because even if it were true,...

Samsung & Intel – Supercycle pt. II

More peak cycle signals. Following on from its strong Q2 2021 results, Samsung has announced that it will be investing an eye-watering KRW240tn or $215bn over the next three years...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. VIII

NVIDIA has some explaining to do. The UK competition authority clearly has more concerns than expected with regard to NVIDIA’s purchase of Arm, meaning that NVIDIA is going to have...

Intel IDM 2.0 – The name game.

The end of silicon is now on the distant horizon. As part of its IDM2.0 strategy, Intel is changing its manufacturing node naming system which will bring it more into...

FB / QCOM results – More big hitting.

Semis looks better than Internet at the moment. Facebook Q2 2021 – Better lucky than good. Facebook reported excellent results but the adpocalypse is going to hurt in Q3 leaving...

Semiconductors – Exception or canary?

Texas Instruments raises questions on the supercycle. Texas Instruments bucked the semiconductor super cycle narrative in its Q2 2021 results with a forecast that has led some to question whether...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. VII.

NVIDIA wins major support. NVIDIA got a big boost for its acquisition of Arm with MediaTek, Broadcom & Marvell all publicly supporting the deal which I think greatly reduces the...

Arm vs. RISC-V – Heel nipping

RISC-V wins blue-chip backing. In announcing some higher-end RISC-V-based processors and winning support from Intel, SiFive has improved the credibility of RISC-V when it comes to challenging Arm in more...