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Artificial Intelligence – Reasoning Debate

A highly misleading marketing message. In an effort to promote the prowess of their models, the last few weeks have seen the great and the good in generative AI claim...

Nvidia FQ1 25 – Rush!

Competition crushed in the stampede. Nvidia contemptuously swept aside both its critics and its competition and reported another huge set of results that confirmed that the AI frenzy and the...

Microsoft Build – Crystal Clear

Microsoft clarifies its AI ecosystem ambition. Although the real action was yesterday, Microsoft used its 2024 Build keynote to lay out its proposition to developers for using Microsoft tools to...

Electric Vehicles – Unready For Reality pt. II

The financial noose tightens. The end of Fisker, the imminent end of several others as well as worsening financial conditions in China clearly point to the ongoing slowdown and shakeout...

Windows on Arm – Crusade Commences

Arm’s 3rd shot at Windows laptops might just work. Apart from AI, Microsoft Build is likely to see the main launch of Qualcomm, Arm & Microsoft’s 3rd attempt at addressing...

Google I/O – First Blood

OpenAI draws first blood in the competition against Google. Google continues to struggle with its messaging as OpenAI was able to deliver more in 30 minutes than Google did in...

AI Ecosystem – Opening Salvo

OpenAI jumps in just before everyone else. OpenAI’s new model has very little to do with improving raw performance and everything to do with making it easier and more fun...

USA vs. China – The Grind

Pressure is making life very hard for Chinese semiconductors. SMIC reported difficult results as the cash machine that is supposed to be lagging edge is not delivering meaning that the...

Automotive Ecosystems – GM’s Big Bet.

Good, but it needs to be better. A large proportion of the automotive industry thinks that GM has taken leave of its senses by ditching CarPlay in its electric vehicles...

Arm FQ4 24 – Volatile Visibility.

The story will remain v9 for some time. Arm reported good results where it made good on its FY24 forecasts, but the shares fell as the guidance for the coming...