Trouble at Intel
Trouble at Intel – Intel’s delay of 7nm chips is a near-term financial problem, a boon to its data center competitor, a geopolitical problem and not least a major identity crisis for the company.
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5 chip companies revisited
5 chip companies revisited – With elevated stock prices and cheap debt the large companies have the means to further consolidate the industry. But this time even the biggest companies may be targets.
Hardware for the Edge
Edge Computing could be a sizable market for some companies. However, it does not need fancy new technologies or hardware so much as it needs solutions tailored to specific use cases and industries.
Intel Follow-Up – Data Centers
Intel Follow-Up – Data Centers are no longer the Intel stronghold they once were. AMD has gained share, the big customers are designing their own chips, and suddenly owning the CPU is no longer the strategic high ground it once was.
Eye of the Beholder: Nvidia to acquire Cumulus
Chip companies cannot build software products, but they can build software enablers, and through those differentiate their chips.
Noises coming up from the basement of RF
The Journal reported yesterday that Broadcom has put its wireless business unit up for sale. If it comes to pass, this has some big implications for the wireless components industry. […]
Fox in the Hen House – Intel and the Telcom Standards
The Core Network is a deeply esoteric side of the 5G standard, but there are big changes coming there. Intel’s moves in the field could pressure Qualcomm’s role in the standards process.
Many options – none good. Why Apple may not have 5G before 2021
In our last post we examined the potential for there being no 5G iPhone until 2021. Here, we want to dig into why that may happen and what options Apple […]
Intel for Mellanox?
There is some news out of Intel yesterday, and an even more interesting rumor. The news is that they have chosen a new CEO. We do not know Mr. Swan, […]
Apple is building a San Diego campus. And a modem?
Last month Apple announced that it was building several new campuses. The media focus was on what appears to be the company’s major campus in Austin, but we noticed they […]
