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SoftBank & Arm – All the stops.

SoftBank leaves no stone unturned in the hunt for $64bn.  The latest transaction between SoftBank and Vision Fund I is an attempt to put a market value down for a...

Amazon and Apple – Holding steady

Apple FQ3 23 – Eating Android. Apple reported a difficult set of results but weakness in the smartphone market was offset by a strong performance from services and the incremental...

Huawei – 5G non-starter.

Huawei is not coming back in 5G. Huawei is reportedly planning a 5G comeback in smartphones but while there is no reason why it can’t make 5G devices, they will...

Google Hardware– The hits keep on coming

Yet another black eye for its floundering hardware business. Google has identified 18 zero-day vulnerabilities related to Samsung Exynos modems the four most serious of which would allow a hacker...

Apple & Semis – Integration game

Qualcomm helps Broadcom for once. Although Apple is intending to design Broadcom out of its iPhones in favour of an in-house solution, I suspect that its inability to design a...

Amazon, Apple & Intel – Good, average & bad

Amazon Q2 2022 – Good. Amazon reported good results and guidance as AWS and its on-site advertising business supported softness in its biggest business and are expected to enhance e-commerce...

Nothing Phone – Risky branding

Nothing phone needs to not live up to its name. Another brave soul has decided to have a crack at the highly concentrated and brutally competitive smartphone market which, unless...

Google Hardware– Horrible histories

Spare parts is not a fix.  Google will make spare parts for its Pixel phones available for DIY repair and while this will be generally well-received, it does nothing to...

Apple & YMTC – Insurance policy?

Sourcing from China raises eyebrows. Apple looks increasingly likely to source some of its storage chips from Yangtze Memory Technology Corp. (YMTC) which will raise eyebrows but at the end...

Apple – Ultra expensive.

Apple smacks Intel, AMD and Nvidia across the chops. Apple held its “peek performance” event where the star of the show was a Mac Mini on steroids with a hefty...