Apple’s Missing Profits – The Usual Suspects
Apple’s Missing Profits – The Usual Suspects – Apple seems to have greatly widened its move to low price devices, with the addition of more expensive components (and casings) contributing as well.
Category Archives: Analyst Decoder Ring
The Mystery of Apple’s Missing Profits
What Happened to Apple’s Profits? – Moving to its own Silicon should have boosted Apple’s gross margins, but the opposite seems to be happening.
Do Nvidia’s competitors want it to fail with Arm?
Do Nvidia’s competitors want it to buy Arm? Chip companies are worried that Nvidia will be successful with Arm, but they are much more worried that Nvidia fails putting an immense burden on an industry that depends on Arm.
How much is Intel Foundries worth?
How much is Intel Foundries worth? – Splitting Intel in two makes a lot of sense from a strictly financial perspective, but would like be an operational nightmare, diminishing that financial value for many years.
Should Intel Split in Two?
Should Intel Split in Two? – Spinning off its fabs helped AMD turn the corner. Intel should consider something similar, but it will definitely be very hard to pull off.
Semis Musical Chairs – AMD for XLNX
Semis Musical Chairs – AMD for XLNX – AMD is now competing with Intel everywhere that matters, and every other major chip company has to worry about relying on FPGAs owned by a potential competitor.
What is happening to the supply chain?
What is happening to the supply chain? There are some significant bottlenecks in the electronics supply chain right now, with even some of the most overlooked components in shortage. Blame 2020, but also, call ALL your suppliers, just to double check.
Money for (Almost) Nothing
Money for (Almost) Nothing – Many start-ups are sitting on valuable data. We think there is an opportunity for companies, such as Accounting Software makers to earn a healthy side income monetizing that data.
Financial models – This is the Way
Financial models – This is the Way. Build simple, cash models. Models do not give answers, they show constraints and trade-offs, and are a tool for making informed decisions. We have a few suggestions on the right way to build them.
Why settle for 1,000 chip companies when you can have 10,000?
Why settle for 1,000 chip companies when you can have 10,000? – The overwhelming majority of these companies will fade away, but a few will end up mattering a lot.
