Ben Bajarin

Ben studies how technology transitions reshape competitive advantage and market structure, from semiconductors and AI infrastructure to adoption and business strategy.

Article · July 16, 2023

Navigating the Path to a Trillion-Dollar Semiconductor Industry

This is a highlight overview of Episode. 25 of The Circuit with Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg   The semiconductor sector has set its sights on reaching $1 trillion in annual sales by 2030, more than doubling its current market size. However, industry experts warn this ambitious goal faces no shortage

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Article · July 6, 2023

Arm Chips Look to Expand Data Center Presence

This is a highlight summary of Episode 24 of the Circuit with Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg.     Arm-based processors have conquered the mobile world, powering nearly all smartphones and tablets globally. Yet the architecture has struggled to make similar inroads into data center servers, where Intel

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Article · July 5, 2023

Apple Vision Pro Timing Debate

A question I’m hearing coming up more frequently is about the timing of Apple Vision Pro. Before launch, my primary question for Apple launching a head-worn computer was, why now? While I agree with a broad consensus that there is a market for head-worn computers, I perhaps differ slightly with the

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Article · June 18, 2023

The Semiconductor Cycle: Cautious Optimism Amid Market Softness

The semiconductor industry is known for its cyclical nature, and we currently seem to be in a down part of the cycle according to recent earnings reports from major chipmakers. Both consumer and enterprise markets are soft right now, leading to reduced spending on PCs, smartphones, and data center i

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Article · June 6, 2023

Apple Vision Pro: Computing Without Borders

For the entire history of software development, developers have been constrained by the device screen size they are creating apps for. This is the paradigm shift in software creation Apple hopes to accomplish with Apple Vision Pro.  Apple intentionally has stayed away from terms like VR or metaverse

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Article · May 25, 2023

The Developer Battle and On-Device AI Compute

This is essentially two different but interlinked analyses of the opportunity looming for AI development. On the back of Microsoft BUILD, where Microsoft outlined the fundamental computing platform shift we are witnessing, I wanted to set the broader market context, opportunity, and evolution of com

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Article · March 16, 2023

The Year AI Goes Mainstream

We are witnessing an inflection point for AI. Before the release of ChatGPT, much of the debate was centered on what would cause AI to move beyond the monotony of backend system processes, automation, and other things there were largely invisible to end customers and cause us to have fundamentally d

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Article · February 2, 2023

Theme to Watch in 2023: Cybersecurity and Closing the Detection Gap

If there was one pocket of the technology industry that truly benefited the most from a global pandemic that forced workers from the office into remote locations it was the security industry. A mass exodus from the office to the home caused many CSOs headaches and anxiety as office-based tools, hard

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Article · January 23, 2023

M2 Max: Under the Hood With the Latest Apple Silicon

Many years ago, I used to give a presentation to business school students specifically about the semiconductor industry. Part of that presentation focused on the wonder of semiconductors where we can marvel at the bigness and smallness of these magical pieces of science. Appreciating the bigness ref

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Article · January 19, 2023

Macs In the Enterprise: A Cisco Case Study

Last fall, I wrote about the growth potential for Apple’s Macs in the enterprise. I mentioned some research Cisco shared about their Mac choice program and the benefits they have seen as an organization by offering Mac as a choice and supporting Macs on equal footing as Windows. Cisco’s stated goal

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Article · December 29, 2022

Tech Products I loved in 2022 and Predictions for 2023

Last year, I started a yearly theme highlighting my favorite tech products of the year. Last year, I highlighted the Remarkable 2 tablet and now believe that e-ink notepads may be more of a trend than I initially thought. If that’s the case, I’m glad I called it. This year, I’m combining my list of…

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Article · October 19, 2022

Macs–At Scale–In the Enterprise

You would be hard-pressed to find a large modern enterprise, in the US, that doesn’t have at least a few Macs running around its halls. As was with the early days of the iPhone, executives and board members, and specific employee levels/recruits, will get any technology they want. And, of course, Ma

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