Will Foxconn Explode the Auto Industry?
Foxconn looks incredibly well positioned to usher in a new age of auto manufacturing, and they have the resources that it will require to nurture a new ecosystem of auto makers.
Category Archives: Apple
The Android-ification of Cars
The shift to EVs is disrupting the auto supply chain. To name just one example, Foxconn, the company that epitomizes the model which separates electronics design and manufacture is now aggressively promoting its ability to replicate that model for cars.
Will Apple build its own RF chips?
Will Apple build its own RF chips – it turns out this is much more complicated than it sounds, and Apple is already getting almost everything it wants from its RF suppliers. However, nowhere in this piece do we say it will never happen.
State of the Roll Your Own Semis Market
By our count 28 non-chip companies are developing their own chips. Of these, at least 16 have delivered multiple generations of their chips, signaling a long-term commitment.
De-coding sell side research sources
In which we examine the ways that good analysts gather data.
Is Apple Failing at Modems?
There are a lot of reasons why Apple’s cellular modem may be failing, most of them just come down to the fact that modems are different and hard.
We are thinking about AR/VR wrong
AR and VR share some technical concepts and will likely have similar components, but beyond that are completely unrelated – the way people use them and thus the software needed to power them will be very different.
One Does Not Simply Walk Into the Data Center
Qualcomm is become a processor company, providing heterogenous compute for a growing number of end markets. But the fact that the Nuvia team seems to be focussed on PCs, raises the question as to what exactly Qualcomm plans tp close the gap in mobile.
What Are They Building in There?
A recent Bloomberg report on Apple’s RF ambitions is probably not as earth shaking as it seems. That being said, Apple appears to have some very big, tantalizing ambitions for pushing what is possible with communications.
Apple Car – Some Math
We ran the numbers on Apple Car and they look highly achievable at any price. The key to success will be their ability to inspire buyers to upgrade their purchase decision, to stretch a bit. Apple did this in electronics, will the magic transfer to cars?