Amazon Sidewalk opens up to third-parties offering a low-bandwidth, long-range network for IoT devices
Network's killer feature may be the coverage it can already offer
Does Android need saving? If yes, here's how to do it.
Fragmentation is only one of many issues with the popular OS
Editor's take: Android is a hot mess. Google should make it truly open source. This would relieve them of a major antitrust vulnerability and infuse a massive amount of energy to the project.
For new hardware companies, waiting is the hardest part
Software can be patched in real-time, but once hardware goes out the door there is no way to fix it
Microsoft Copilot enables next-gen AI for Word, Excel and other Office applications
Is this finally the kind of digital assistant we've always wanted?
Google unveils AI tools for Gmail, Google Docs, Meet and more
After letting Microsoft take much of the spotlight with its ChatGPT partnership in recent weeks
Blurred lines: the difference between fabless and foundry companies
A rose by any other name
Lenovo revs desktop workstations co-designed with Aston Martin
Up to 4th-gen Xeon Scalable and up to four Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada generation graphics cards
Opinion: Semis Top Five
Editor's take: The industry has changed a lot in the eight years since we wrote our first analysis on the top five chip companies. We anticipated semis were no longer a growth industry and the only way for companies to keep growing was to win market share (hard) or buy other companies. This is especially true in semiconductors because most of these companies outsource their manufacturing to foundries like TSMC and GlobalFoundries.
The computerized, cloudified 5G network is getting real
Forward-looking: One of the most famous phrases about the value of networks came from Sun Microsystems' Scott Gage in 1984 when he declared that "the network is the computer." That long-time Sun tagline referred more to the value of connecting computers together and the concept of thin clients attaching to a centralized computing infrastructure than cellular networks. Nevertheless, it remains a prescient, pithy synopsis of where the computing and telecom worlds have been headed for the last three decades.
China on autos: Consider yourselves warned
The Chinese EV market is showing a new way to build cars, or at least new ways to build supply chains for cars
Renewed enthusiasm for 5G infrastructure at MWC 2023
Why it matters: While there hasn't been a whole lot of groundbreaking 5G news on the consumer front for some time, it's clear there's a whole lot of work and innovation happening in another part of the 5G ecosystem: infrastructure. There's growing activity from traditional "compute" industry vendors eager to make an impact on the telco world. Everyone from chip companies like AMD, to server hardware manufacturers such as Dell, to software houses like Red Hat are doubling down on their efforts to help disrupt the market.
The pace of investment in tech has hit a (temporary) pause
The capital markets and you
Intel is in a very bad place, and they need to admit it
And while Intel is fighting for its life, the rest of the industry is moving on
Editor's take: After 30 years of dominance, the industry has come to view Intel as a giant who has fallen on hard times. We do not think this is the right way to view the company, and it creates mental blind spots which hinder our ability to assess what are the right next steps for the company. But it's true, Intel is in a very bad place. It needs to admit that, especially internally. We are not forecasting Doomsday, but we do think it is time to recognize that Intel will never be the force it once was, and probably has not been for a long time.
Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming Moments in Years
While the launch of the Steam Deck was the opposite of pompous, Valve's gaming handheld has kept gaining momentum. One year later, let's take a look at the impact it's had on the PC gaming market.
China's supply chain: Shenzhen wasn't built in a day
Meanwhile, US companies are doing everything they can to reduce their reliance on China
Samsung looking to impact the PC market with sleek third-gen Galaxy Book laptops
Unpacked event was used to launch both smartphones and laptops for the first time
When it comes to semiconductors, leading is not everything
Direct and collateral effects of the CHIPS act
Editor's take: Undeniably, we usually spend a lot of time talking about leading edge semiconductor manufacturing. This is a common mistake that everyone falls into when discussing semis, one which we are as guilty of as anyone. The world is rightly focused on the scarcity of companies capable of operating at the leading edge, but there is a lot more to semis.
Has Nvidia won the AI training market?
We don't know the answer to this question. But we suspect it is true.
AI will go mainstream in 2023
The significance of AI is becoming more commonplace and impactful for a large percentage of the population
Highly anticipated: One of the many challenges in analyzing and predicting trends in the tech industry is that some topics get so much coverage well before they're ready that by the time they start to really impact the market they sound like old news. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a great example of this phenomenon.
How did TSMC get so good?
There is no simple answer, but we think there are a few factors that really stand out...
The big picture: By now, we are all familiar with the fact that TSMC is, by far, the most capable semiconductor manufacturer in the world, with all the entails for the industry and geopolitics. And as this reality sets in, many people have been asking us how did they get so good?
Dell's Project Luna concept showcases the future of sustainable PCs
How future PC designs and business models could continue to evolve
Rethinking auto manufacturing: Poised for disruption?
Automakers have already tried every manufacturing model, and yet...
Lattice Semiconductor expands to mid-range FPGAs, goes after Intel's Arria and AMD's Xilinx offerings
Avant-E 500 tops at 5 tera operations per second