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Meta Platforms reported a strong first quarter 2025, with revenue and profit both well ahead of expectations. Q1 revenue was $42.31 billion (up ~16% YoY), driven by robust advertising demand. Net income jumped to $16.64 billion (+35% YoY) , yielding earnings of $6.43 per share (well above the ~$5.28
Read the reportMicrosoft’s Q3 FY2025 results (quarter ended March 31, 2025) reflected continued strength in cloud and AI-driven businesses. Total revenue was $70.1 billion, up 13% year-over-year (15% in constant currency) . Net income grew 18% to $25.8 billion, and diluted EPS rose 18% to $3.46 . Microsoft Cloud r
Read the reportKey Takeaways on Google’s 1Q25 Earnings Sustained AI Momentum Across Products and Infrastructure: Gemini 2.2 is now embedded across 15 products with 500M+ users, while AI Overviews in Search surpassed 1.5B MAUs. Visual and voice-first inputs like Google Lens and Circle to Search are driving deepe
Read the reportKey Takeaways Weak Q2 Guidance Reflects Tariff Uncertainty: Intel guided Q2 revenue significantly below expectations at $11.8 billion, down 7% quarter-over-quarter, citing macroeconomic uncertainty and potential tariff-related demand impacts. Product Delays and Competitive Pressures: The delay of th
Read the reportIn the latest episode of my TEQ podcast, I had the pleasure to engaged in an insightful conversation with Alexia Cambon, Head of Research on Microsoft’s Copilot and Future of Work team, about how artificial intelligence and AI agents are fundamentally reshaping the workplace. The discussion explored
Read the reportIn a move to strengthens its position in the premium smartphone segment, Motorola has unveiled its 2025 Razr lineup, expanding to three models and showcasing a commitment to lifestyle technology that’s capturing younger audiences in increasingly competitive markets. Color and Expression at the Core
Read the reportKey Takeaways: Google Cloud unveiled Ironwood (TPUv7), its first inference-optimized TPU, offering massive leaps in compute (5x), HBM capacity (6x), and power efficiency (2x) over the previous generation. Performance is estimated to be within 5% of an Nvidia B200, despite TPUv7’s single primary comp
Read the reportWe are in a huge AI compute shortage right now. At this very moment! When you hear most people talk about this, it’s generally in regards to model scaling and compute scaling for training. Not enough compute so labs can’t scale up the scaling laws. Right now is different, it’s the Ghibilification of
Read the reportExecutive Summary Custom CPU development is essential for maximizing the efficiency and performance of accelerated computing architectures. NVIDIA’s strategic approach to CPU design, specifically its purpose-built Arm-based CPUs, delivers significant competitive advantages by addressing the limitati
Read the reportThe GPU vs. Custom ASIC debate is easily one of the most talked about dynamics regarding AI compute infrastructure. I have dug deeply into the debate in this article here (Understanding the Hyper Scaler Custom ASIC Strategy). There is no doubt this is a central question NVIDIA executives get from i
Read the reportA closer look at NVIDIA’s Q4 earnings call highlights key investor concerns that management tackled head-on throughout the discussion. The conversation sheds light on the company’s strategic direction and how the market perceives its leadership in the rapidly evolving AI infrastructure space. 1. Bla
Read the reportA few days ago, xAI announced Grok 3 and it’s easily the best LLM I’ve used. Good vibes, great quality, fast token generation, and happened to be trained on the most compute for any model (200,000 H100s). During the stream, Elon Musk said xAI is already working on Grok 4’s data center, which will be
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