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Tech Newsround – Arm and Qualcomm

Arm & Apple.   The biggest winner from the iPhone 16 launch today could be Arm because if Apple moves to the V9 architecture, it will provide a significant jump...

USA vs China – Annual Event

Aiming for a coalition of like-minded countries. Clamping down on technology exports to China has now become an annual event and this year takes aim at quantum computing and offers...

Windows on Arm – The Empire Strikes Back pt. II

Intel takes the fight to Qualcomm and AMD.   Intel has formally launched its answer to the Qualcomm X Elite and AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 series and if its benchmarks...

Research Publication – Artificial Intelligence – AI Ecosystem Part I

3rd September 2024: RFM expands its coverage of Artificial Intelligence with an analysis of the emerging AI Ecosystem and how it will evolve over the coming years. RFM subscribers will...

Artificial Intelligence – Race to the bottom

Price and feature erosion are bad signs.   One would have expected Anthropic’s latest innovation to be part of its premium tier, but the fact that it is free from...

USA vs. China – PR Game

USA gets revenge for Raimondo’s embarrassment.   The Netherlands turned the screw on semiconductor equipment exports to China just as the US National Security Advisor was meeting with President Xi...

Nvidia FQ2 25 – Full steam ahead

Beat but no real raise. Excellent results and guidance were met with disappointment from the fickle market which wanted to see yet another beat and raise and so while the...

China vs. USA – Tit for Tat pt. III

The cure for high prices is high prices. The Chinese export restrictions on Gallium and Germanium are tight enough to have triggered significant price rises which will in time incentivise...

Artificial Intelligence – Magic Money Tree pt. II

A classic example of too much money. The loss of 60% of its founders just months after being founded and raising $220m despite having no products, looks like a sign...

Peloton & Snowflake – Pandemic Pastimes.

Pandemic darlings tell different stories. Peloton FQ4 24 – The turn Peloton reported revenues that grew YoY dispelling fears of the company being in a death spiral which, combined with...