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Report · July 14, 2025

Unpacked 2025: Samsung’s foldables are so back

Last week was Samsung Unpacked, specifically Unpacked focusing on the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and Galaxy Watch 8 series. These launches mark a pivotal moment for the broader smartphone market, signaling Samsung’s drive to make foldables mainstream by marrying a familiar phone feel with flagship‑g

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Report · July 9, 2025

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Apple’s AI Strategy

In the age of agentic AI, a common misconception persists that AI will be a “winner-takes-all” market, where a single dominant agent will rule across every use case and every user. This belief misunderstands the evolution and purpose of agentic AI. The future will involve multiple specialized agents

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Report · June 11, 2025

Apple WWDC 2025: A more helpful Apple

I hate to steal Google’s tagline for this I really don’t but this year felt like Apple trying to make platforms more helpful. There’s this general consensus that Apple is behind in AI, missing out on chatbots and ignoring what most consider to be the next generation of experiences. The common saying

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Report · May 5, 2025

AI Factories: Reframing Infrastructure from Cost Center to Profit Center

All AI factories are data centers, but not all data centers are AI factories. For much of the last two decades, enterprise infrastructure strategy has been grounded in cost control. Data centers were built to support core IT functions—storage, compute, and networking—with an emphasis on efficiency,

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Report · April 2, 2025

We Do Not Have Enough Compute

We 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

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Report · March 17, 2025

A Deeper Look at Grace – NVIDIA’s Custom Arm-based Super Chip

Executive 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

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Report · March 1, 2025

Nvidia Management on GPU vs. Custom ASIC Debate

The 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

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Report · February 13, 2025

China’s Smartphone Golden Refresh: Don’t Call it a Super Cycle

China’s smartphone market, the world’s largest, could be at an inflection point not seen since the initial smartphone boom. In recent quarters, the market has shown signs of recovery, with local brands benefiting from a surge in premium offerings as more Chinese consumers are willing to spend on new

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