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. […]
Category Archives: Strategy
Let’s Just Call it 6G
In our corner of the tech world there is an endless tempo of 5G ‘excitement’. This is largely manufactured because, as we wrote about last March, 5G brings no immediate, […]
Apple Caves; Qualcomm Surges; Intel Throws in the Towel
We are travelling in Asia this week, so we are a bit delayed in responding to the news, nonetheless it was nice to wake up this morning to the news […]
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.
Gaming – Networking becomes a competitive advantage
We attended the Game Developers (GDC) conference this week. The Google Stadia announcement, in particular, really resonated with us, and we detail the importance of that below. For anyone who […]
Yeah, Apple is probably building a modem
A few weeks back, we wrote about what Apple may be doing in the modem space. In that piece we noted that building modems is becoming an increasingly important source […]
The State of the 5G Baseband
Heading into MWC, Qualcomm looks well positioned for 5G modems, but the industry is moving towards greater vertical integration, with internal chip suppliers. And as always, Apple remains an important wild card.
