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USA vs. China – The screw pt. III

Existing rules made more effective. The tightening of restrictions on chip exports to China aims to close a series of loopholes that allowed China to work around the rules and...

Baidu – ERNIE 1.0

The real ERNIE 1.0. Baidu rolled out the latest version of its ERNIE chatbot which is a great improvement over previous versions and in my opinion, is what the company...

USA vs. China – No loophole

Nanoimprint lithography unlikely to solve anyone’s problems. Canon has announced that it will begin selling an alternative technology for advanced semiconductors that I suspect is unlikely to see a lot...

Samsung Q3 2023 – Bottom canary pt. II.

More results to support the notion of a bottom. Samsung’s preliminary results came in better than expected adding weight to the possibility that the inventory correction is coming to an...

Artificial Intelligence – Regulatory debate pt. III.

Regulation will be better if targeted at people, not machines. Governments and regulators are moving to impose regulations on Artificial Intelligence but a lack of understanding on their part may...

TSMC – Bottom canary.

TSMC Q3 23 revenue signals a potential bottom. TSMC reported its monthly sales for September implying that Q3 2023 revenues have declined by less than expected giving me some hope...

Google – Chronic affliction.

Google still hides its light under a bush. Google held its Made by Google 2023 event where it once again demonstrated some great innovation which would work much better if...

Meta Platforms – Priced to fail.

Meta doesn’t expect anyone to pay for Instagram. Meta’s proposal to charge $10.5 per month for Instagram looks deliberately priced to fail creating a strong incentive for users in the...

Apple, Google & Microsoft – Always searching.

No solution to Google Search. Court documents confirm that while Apple would love to become self-sufficient in a number of core technologies, there are a number of areas where it...

Meta Platforms – Dial M pt. III

Here we go again. Even though the launch of a chatbot is a rinse and repeat of 2017’s Facebook M (see here), Meta Platforms’ complete dominance of the open-source community...