Company Structure
What a company makes — and how it makes it — in indelibly tied up into how the company is structured.
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Intel is in much more danger than its profits suggest; the problems are a long time in the making, and the solution is to split up the company.
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Disney’s reorganization reinforces their integrated strategy; there is a lot to learn for anyone competing with Aggregators.
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The Windows division no longer exists at Microsoft, marking the end to a four-year process of changing Microsoft’s culture.
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A core part of what makes Apple Apple is its organization structure; Tim Cook has said it will never change. However, if Apple is serious about being a services company, change it must.
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Amazon is building a lot of businesses that look like AWS: taxes on major industries that work to everyone’s benefit. The reason, though, is that AWS is a lot like Amazon itself.
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Steve Ballmer is reorganizing Microsoft into a functional organization: it is a mistake that misunderstands the company he leads.
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An Interview with Dylan Patel and Doug O’Laughlin About the Current State of Semiconductors and SemiAnalysis
An interview with Dylan Patel and Doug O’Laughlin about the current state of the AI supply chain, and big plans for SemiAnalysis.
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Microsoft Earnings; Microsoft and OpenAI, Again; GitHub Copilot Adds Gemini and Claude
Microsoft’s latest earnings call is the clearest indication yet that the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI is at best misaligned, and at worst on life support.
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OpenAI DevDay, OpenAI’s Wrenching Transition, Lonely At the Top
OpenAI DevDay 2024 was yesterday, and it was a stark difference to DevDay 2023. That’s a symptom of the wrenching changes OpenAI is undergoing in the wake of the unexpected success of ChatGPT.
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Taking Waymo, Uber and Waymo
My first ride with Waymo was an emotional experience, even if most Waymo rides in the future will be provided by Uber.
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Intel Changes, Qualcomm-Intel Rumors, Microsoft and Three Mile Island
Intel is making more changes, and announcing at least one deal with AWS, while Qualcomm is reportedly looking into an acquisition or merger. Plus, Microsoft is paying for restarted nuclear.
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Apple’s E.U. Fine, Apple’s Next Case?
Apple’s fine to the E.U. is really being paid by the U.S. Treasury; there may be another fine on the way
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An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Smartphones, AI, and Intel
An interview with Ben Bajarin about AI’s impact on the smartphone market, including the differing strategies between Apple and Google. Then, a long discussion about what to do about Intel.
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Broadcom and Intel?, Nvidia Earnings, DOJ Investigating Nvidia
Thinking about Intel rescue plans, then Nvidia’s earnings were expectedly uneven; what is unexpected is the extent to which the Justice Department wants to punish success.