Because I worked with great people, one of my favorite jobs was as a competitive analyst at IBM. That was where the lock-in business model that Apple has embraced first became successful in the computer space. Lock-in has several advantages, …
This week AMD launched its fourth generation Epyc processors. Intel has been comparing its latest generation parts to AMD’s 3rd Generation and claiming parity, but AMD’s latest should continue to outperform Intel’s significantly across a wide range of workloads. According …
We started out November with a bang when AMD launched a new line of graphics cards, the Radeon 7900 XTX and XT, that anticipate a coming wave of 8K monitors from companies like Samsung. 8K monitors are so scarce even …
The tech industry has fielded very mixed financial results this quarter. Major players like Google and Meta, the new kids on the block, did not perform well as their ad revenue-dependent business models highlight their traditional and troubling weaknesses. What …
Typically, when you talk about powering an electrical device or car wirelessly, you are talking about inductive charging. This is generally accomplished by placing the device on an inductive charger or just over it. Inductive charging typically has a range …
IBM has held out the concept of a next- generation, digital assistant for some time. I once hoped that its partnership with Apple would result in a Siri upgrade to Watson that would finally make that poor AI meet expectations. …
Digital Iris AI Invades Dallas Airport Thanks to IBM and Soul Machines Read More »
The ThinkPad line, initially belonging to IBM and now belonging to Lenovo, was and is one of the most powerful technology brands in the world. Beginning back in the 1990s when the PC market was focused on business buyers, to …
ThinkPad’s 30th Anniversary: The Legacy of the Most Powerful Commercial PC Brand Read More »
Over the last decade, and partially as the result of a prior Intel CEO underfunding processor development while AMD remained focused, AMD has arguably passed Intel as the performance king in the segment. Ironically, given Intel’s dominance, they did this …
AMD’s Latest Ryzen Processors Outperform Intel’s 12th Generation Significantly Read More »
HP is the leader in 3D printing at scale with its line of Jet Fusion industrial printers. HP recognized early on that 3D printing was an emerging market that could take the leading technology the firm had developed for traditional …
HP’s Metal Jet S100: Revolutionizing Additive Manufacturing One Machine at a Time Read More »
Often people tend to put Intel’s competitors into the same class as Intel and, increasingly, that is a mistake. I was reminded of that this week when I toured Intel’s Israel Development Center (IDC) and FABs. It reminds me of …
The Intel IDC Tour and Effectively Correcting an Expensive Misconception Read More »
