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Samsung Electronics – Efficient Market

Priced for a Nokia. The case for Samsung Electronics is purely based on recovery in semiconductors because if things stay the way they are, there is little to no upside...

Nvidia FQ3 25 – Valuation Support

Reasonable multiple prevents a crash. Nvidia reported excellent results as the AI boom remains on track, but it failed to raise guidance which caused some disappointment, but as the valuation...

Qualcomm – Confident Outing

Low-balled numbers still give good growth. Qualcomm used its 2024 investor day to focus on the areas outside of smartphones where the diversification strategy that was laid out in 2021...

China & Semis – No Score Draw

China and semiconductors are unlikely to change much. A change of administration is likely to mean that there is more noise and bluster but no real change when it comes...

Qualcomm FQ4 & ARM FQ2 – Story of Two Halves

Qualcomm FQ4 24 – Top Gear. Qualcomm reported good results that beat expectations as a result of a strong performance in automotive, providing the first piece of hard evidence that...

Samsung – The Chips are Down?

Most upside for MediaTek Samsung is having trouble with more than just high bandwidth memory (HBM) as it appears that it is considering not using its Exynos processor in some...

Arm vs. Qualcomm – Noisy Crickets

More noise than bang. Arm has served Qualcomm with a notice that cancels its contract to sell Arm IP in its products, but because the notice period ends in the...

Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit – Family Matters

Automotive joins the Oryon family. In what was an obvious move, Qualcomm has rolled the Oryon custom CPU into its automotive product offering that will give OEMs a greater opportunity...

Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit – Ghostbusters

Qualcomm slays the 64-bit ghost. Qualcomm has slain the ghost of 64-bit computing by returning to custom CPUs in smartphones with a big leap in performance that will have competitors...

ASML Q3 24 – The Inevitable

The Chinese are no longer stockpiling.   The combination of economic-related delays and China realising that stockpiling ASML equipment ahead of further bans might not help them very much has...