Diving into Apple’s CarPlay announcement suggests that Apple is more interested in recruiting car companies than in proposing something new; then, TSMC doubles down
Apple WWDC, M2, Additional Notes
Notes on WWDC, including the emergent AppleOS, M2 and speculation on M3, and the privacy shoe that didn’t drop
An Interview with “Father of the iPod” Tony Fadell
An interview with Tony Fadell about the iPod, iPhone, Apple’s history with Samsung, Nest, the future of ARM, and his new book “Build”.
AMD (and Intel) Earnings, TSMC Earnings, Morris Chang on U.S. Semiconductor Production
AMD and TSMC are rising together, while Intel falls behind; TSMC founder Morris Chang thinks its a mistake to help the latter catch-up.
Apple Earnings, Apple and Zero-COVID, Apple Pay and the EU
Apple’s earnings were dominated by supply chain issues in China, which are ultimately driven by COVID. Then, the EU gets it right in an antitrust case (for now).
Musk Makes Twitter Bid; Facebook AR Plans; An Interview with Adam Mosseri About Creators, Blockchains, and TikTok
Notes on Elon Musk’s Twitter bid, why Facebook’s AR efforts may be too early, and an interview with Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri about creators, blockchains, and TikTok
Meta’s Chip Decision, Horizon World’s Platform Fees, Meta’s Missing Metaverse Strategy
Meta’s metaverse approach, from chips to operating systems to business models, evinces a lack of strategy.
An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about Manufacturing Intelligence
An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about the history of Nvidia, manufacturing intelligence, and how GPUs undergird Aggregation Theory.
iPhone Production Site Locked Down, An Interview With Bill Bishop about China (and Substack)
An Interview With Bill Bishop about China’s COVID outbreak, the Ukraine war, and Substack
Apple’s Silicon Event, Scaling the M Series, UltraFusion and Integration
Apple’s spring event was a mishmash of products around a unified message about the power of Apple Silicon.