Hardware is not just hard, it is Expensive
Lately, it has become commonplace in the tech blogosphere to say that “Hardware is Hard“. There are a few reasons for the sudden prominence of this strand of commentary. Several […]
Category Archives: Components
CES 2016 – Stalemate for Wireless charging
I mentioned at the outset that I was interested in studying wireless charging at the show. I came away disappointed. The week before the show, a friend at a Chinese […]
CES 2016 – The Digital Multiverse
Digital Realities A big area of interest for me going into the show was Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, something I have taken to calling the Digital Multi-verse. As I […]
Should we be worried about China’s economy?
I spend a lot of time working with Chinese companies, and visiting the people who build all our gadgets. So I often get questions about the Chinese economy. I am […]
Sitting on the end of the Whip
There is a metaphor I hear occasionally to describe semiconductors – the idea of a bullwhip. A big part of running a successful chip company is accurately forecasting demand. Semiconductor […]
The Consumerization of the Automobile Supply Chain
Last week I saw an interesting post on Venture Beat about Acer Launching an Electric All-Terrain Vehicle. This struck a chord because Taiwan-based Acer is a manufacturer of PCs and other […]
Should Intel Split in Two? Probably Not
Monday’s post on Intel’s work to win Apple business generated a lot of traffic and Tweets. One follower on Twitter keeps coming at me with good questions. So Frog Man (@accretivegrowth), whoever […]
Intel has 1,000 people working on a chip for iPhone? Of course they do
Late last week Venture Beat reported that “Intel has 1,000 people working on chips for the iPhone.” This prompted a bunch of inbound e-mails and a Twitter conversation. After a […]
The Contortions of the Consumer Electronics Market
There was an interesting analysis from the awesome team at Chipworks (with a good analysis from Ars as well) out last week showing that Apple’s new A9 processor for its […]
Where are the IoT dollars?
I have been writing a lot about the Internet of Things (IoT), and mostly I have been writing cautionary things. While I believe there is great potential in IoT, and […]
