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Category Archives: China

The Brand New 30-Year Old Market

February 24, 2022by D/D Advisors Leave a comment

IoT is a catch all marketing team that has been bandied about for decades. There is really no such thing as IoT, but the number of connected devices is growing rapidly, and likely to accelerate as the cost of chips brings connectivity to many new areas.

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China, Components, IoT, Silicon

My Enemy’s Enemy Will Still Eat My Lunch

February 18, 2022by D/D Advisors 5 Comments

We believe, with increasing conviction, that the market for IoT chips is not going to go to Arm. But it is not going to go to x86 or Intel either. It is going to go RISC V.

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Analyst Decoder Ring, China, Components, Enterprise Electronics, IoT, Qualcomm, Roll Your Own, Silicon

Deep Tech is the Future

February 11, 2022by D/D Advisors 2 Comments

China is outpacing US VC investments in semis by 6:1, but so much of the future of technology and the economy is dependent on semis. Now is a great time to be a US Deep Tech venture investor.

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China, Silicon, Strategy

Leap Frogging with China Semis

February 1, 2022by D/D Advisors Leave a comment

China’s 1,000+ fabless chip design companies are largely emerging in greenfield, new markets – new technologies like AI or new customers like Chinese auto OEMs.

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Autonomous Vehicles, China, Components, Silicon

What will happen to Arm now?

December 8, 2021by D/D Advisors 3 Comments

If Nvidia cannot buy Arm – the company is probably an IPO candidate, or possibly the target of a consortium of competing buyers with a private equity company providing arms length governance.

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Analyst Decoder Ring, Apple, China, Components, M&A, Qualcomm, Stocks

China Chip Update – Tencent and Innosilicon

November 18, 2021by D/D Advisors Leave a comment

Two Chinese companies – Tencent and Innosilicon – launched chips this month that look to be important steps forward for China’s semis efforts.

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China, Components, Roll Your Own, Silicon

Patents are the new Oil?

October 6, 2021by D/D Advisors Leave a comment

Are patents the new Oil? – China’s courts are paving the way for Chinese companies to change the way the global patent system runs.

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China

China’s Patent March

October 5, 2021by D/D Advisors Leave a comment

China’s Patent March: In which the word “Encourage” does a lot of work – China is seeking to move its economy up the value chain, and this has meant a shifting series of conflicts over IP in many industries.

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China, Qualcomm, Strategy, Wireless

What is Going on with Arm China?

September 2, 2021by D/D Advisors 2 Comments

What is Going on with Arm China? – Arm’s China JV has gone fully rogue, declaring independence, adding quite a wrinkle to this ongoing drama.

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Analyst Decoder Ring, China, M&A

Idle Speculation on Nvidia and Arm

September 1, 2021by D/D Advisors 4 Comments

Idle Speculation on Nvidia and Arm – Could Nvidia’s acquisition plans for Arm break? Probably not, but Arm customers hate the deal, regulators do not seem to like it either, and it is possible Softbank could find better ROI with an alternative path.

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China, M&A

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