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Electric Vehicles – Unready for Reality

EVs have run out of well-heeled early adopters. While the long-term proposition of electrical vehicles remains unchanged, the realities of delivering on that proposition are really starting to tell as...

Artificial Intelligence – The business

Pressure is mounting to generate revenue. The early signs of pressure are appearing in the AI industry which looks like a precursor to price erosion which RFM has predicted will...

Artificial Intelligence – Magic Money Tree

Money grows on trees until it doesn’t. Capital continues to pour into the AI sector with very little attention being paid to company fundamentals in a sure sign that when...

Apple AI – From Zero

Almost anything will be an improvement. The scene is set for WWDC to be the launchpad for Apple’s ambitions in AI and given its history in this area, almost anything...

Electric Vehicles – Last man Standing

Lucid likely to be the survivor. The combination of economic pressure on consumers and brutal competition from China makes it very clear that the EV shakeout will continue, and I...

China vs. USA – Economics is Everything

China blocks the USA with no viable alternative. China has moved to remove Intel and AMD from its data centres but with Huawei and the rest of the semiconductor struggling...

USA vs. Apple – Legal Eagle.

There is a case to answer but it will be hard to prove. There is little doubt in my mind that over the years Apple has engaged in some questionable...

Nvidia GTC 2024 Day 2 – Picks and shovels

An exhibition of where the real money will be made. The exhibition floor of GTC is all about bringing products and services (all powered by Nvidia obviously) to market which...

Nvidia GTC 2024 Day 1 – Entrenchment

Nvidia knows exactly what it is doing. Nvidia once again distanced itself from its rivals revealing yet more hardware advances and new features for its platforms that aim to increase...

China vs. USA – Tit for Tat pt. III.

Tit for tat battle spreads to automotive. A switch by Chinese OEMs to Chinese semiconductor suppliers in the Chinese automotive industry is unlikely to have much impact beyond media headlines...