One of the better parts of my job as a tech industry analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy is that I get to sit down and discuss disruptive technologies with startup investors, companies, and CEOs. This week, I got a “two-fer” when I sat down with David Sacks, cofounder and general partner at Craft Ventures. …
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I hope you all had a great week! Last week, Paul and I attended Lenovo Tech World, and I presented at IBM’s “Power of 10” event. This week, I will be attending Global Foundries Technology Summit (with Anshel), Zoomtopia, the Cisco analyst summit (with Matt), and the Apple event. Melody will be attending Finovate Fall. Will plans to attend Open RAN Forum. Our MI&S team published 18 deliverables: 7 (Forbes and eWEEK) columns …
Moor Insights & Strategy Weekly Update Ending September 10, 2021 Read More »
The last couple of years in datacenter compute has been dominated on two fronts. Arm establishing a foothold in the cloud, and AMD establishing a foothold everywhere. Yes, Intel still owns the vast majority of the datacenter, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way. This feeling is partly because of the amazing story that is AMD …
Intel Makes A Strong Statement On The Datacenter Front With Sapphire Rapids Read More »
It is no secret that Intel is under new leadership with Pat Gelsinger, given his return to the iconic Silicon Valley company earlier this year, where he spent the first thirty years of his career. The semiconductor giant is subsequently making waves with several recent announcements. One caught my attention at last week’s Intel Architecture Day – …
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Since the beginning of the global 5G roll out, many operators have touted VR as one of the leading use cases for new technology. As someone that has deep knowledge of both VR and 5G, I initially believed this to be a pie-in-the-sky ambition. While some operators like Deutsche Telekom launched VR streaming services, they …
T-Mobile’s 5G Network Enables VR Human Cadaver Lab At Fisk University Read More »
When providing guidance to aspiring tech industry analysts, one thing I always say is, “you don’t have to love to write, but you can’t hate to write.” Analysts write a lot. And when there’s a boatload of content, sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. This was my challenge with Intel’s recent Architecture Day. …
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Today at the IEEE’s Hot Chips 33 conference, IBM presented a preview of IBM Telum, the next-generation processor for IBM z and LinuxONE systems, planned for the first half of 2022. Immediately I was intrigued by the name change from the rather drab sequence of z14, z15 to “Telum.” The highlights announced were the expected increases in performance, …
IBM Telum- A New Chapter In Vertically Integrated Chip Technology Read More »
Aura is a security platform that I have been keeping a close eye on for the last couple of months. I have even been using it myself as it incrementally rolls out its full suite of security, financial fraud, and identity theft prevention products and services. You can read my overview of Aura’s offerings and how …
Aura Now Offering Digital Security Platform To Businesses As An Employee-First Solution Read More »
Recently, Samsung announced two new foldable smartphones, including the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and the Galaxy Z Flip3. Over the last couple of years, I have spent an immense amount of time evaluating, reviewing, and expressing my opinions on the current state and the future of foldable phones. Since Samsung’s initial foldable concept a few …
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 Review- An Affordable Foldable For Every Businessperson Read More »
I hope you all had a great couple of weeks! Last week, I attended Five9 CX Summit. Steve attended AWS Storage Day. Will attended Big 5G Event. Two weeks ago, Steve and I attended Hot Chips. I also tuned into AWS EC2’s 15th anniversary and AWS re:Inforce. This week, Paul and I will be attending Lenovo Tech World and I will be speaking at IBM’s “Power of 10” event. Our MI&S …
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While Intel has been slowly trickling out information about its discrete GPUs based on the Xe Architecture, at its Architecture Day, it took the wraps off its consumer branding for its GPUs, ARC, and also disclosed that the first ARC product would be codenamed Alchemist, to be available in Q1 of 2022. Alchemist targets the Xe HPG …
Intel Gives More Detail On Consumer And HPC Graphics At Architecture Day 2021 Read More »
Oracle announced its next-generation MySQL HeatWave offering today, focusing on machine learning (ML)-based automation and scalability that the company claims will drive greater performance and price-performance leadership in the market. As part of today’s news, a raft of new publicly accessible and repeatable benchmarks became available, demonstrating Oracle’s claim that MySQL HeatWave is an incredible …
Today, HP announced two new devices that target consumers with an all-in-one Chrome OS desktop and a Chrome OS detachable powered by Qualcomm. Chrome OS holds a simple but niche OS market today primarily in education but during the pandemic, many businesses tried out the experience. I believe the rapid growth of digital adoption happening …
HP Shaking Up Its Consumer Family With New Chrome OS Devices Read More »
Samsung held its annual Galaxy Unpacked event today, where it announced its next generation of Galaxy devices. What always excites me about the Galaxy Unpacked Event is Samsung almost always announces something big and innovative that paves the way for new technologies and smart companion interactions. And for its competition to follow it. The Galaxy …
I have followed Amazon very closely in recent years, and I have watched the company grow, hire, and rapidly expand its products and services. Many of Amazon’s critics like to focus on Amazon’s growth during the pandemic, but rarely do we hear about all the downstream capital reinvested into the United States economy. Much of …
Amazon Plans On Spending $120 Billion On Third-Party Supplies And Services In 2021 Read More »
I have written a fair amount on Samsung’s Business to Business (B2B) offerings, and one of those offerings includes its mobile lineup of business smartphones. You can read here how Samsung equipped Walmart workers with personal work devices with its XCover Pro. The Note Series has been the best lineup of B2B smartphones because of its all-around …
Samsung’s B2B Head Says Every Businessperson Could Derive Value From A Foldable Read More »
One of the more eye-catching announcements at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked was its price points for its new foldable Galaxy Z series devices. Don’t get me wrong, the prices for the Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Galaxy Z Flip3 can be hard to swallow and should be looked at through the premium goggles. However, Samsung priced these new …
If someone has ever told you that RGB lighting on your gaming rig improves the performance of your rig, that person is wrong. It’s funny, but they are wrong. Although RGB lighting is a spicy feature for computer hardware, features that go into PC hardware can often go overlooked. When purchasing PC components to build …
AMD Fidelity FX Is Good For Gamers And The Industry Read More »
While I am not a financial analyst, as a tech analyst, I make a habit of tuning into many tech companies’ quarterly earnings reports. It really is “ground truth” for companies as they’re under the scrutiny of the SEC and investors. I make myself available for comments and questions from the media, but it’s rare …
I have written a fair amount on work from home (WFH) and digital transformation solutions, services, and products over the past year and a half due to the pandemic. Webcams for PCs have become an essential product for those working from home or engaged in hybrid work. It is one of those features that OEMs …
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