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These two industry titans are struggling through severe scrutiny and poor performance. Both were once at the top of their fields, making headlines and defining eras, so it's easy to draw analogies between them.

Willow performed a computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years -- that’s 10 followed by 25 zeroes.

Schools and organizations that deploy vast numbers of computers have a much-needed computing edge against cybersecurity risks with enterprise-grade Chromebooks. Consumer-grade Chromebooks come with what Google calls "defense in depth" that provides multiple layers of protection.

OPINION

Nvidia Blackwell Is One Hot Processor

As AI advances, we'll need more highly dense, incredibly powerful AI processors, which suggests that air cooling in server rooms may become obsolete. Let's talk about Blackwell, water cooling, and why Lenovo's Neptune solution stands out at the moment.

Snapdragon Elite technology is advancing raw performance and enriching the user experience by adding thoughtful, adaptive features that make devices more intelligent, personal, and responsive.

Apple is offering in-store AI experiences with 15-minute sessions, allowing users and potential customers to interact with the technology and become more familiar with it. Neither Microsoft nor Google currently offers a similar effort.

Because of Intel’s relative weakness at the moment, Arm has an opportunity to move outside of its smartphone base and solidly into PCs. Instead of backing Qualcomm’s play, Arm has decided to cancel Qualcomm’s license. This move not only appears to be an abuse of power but is extremely ill-time...

Apple's pricey Vision Pro augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) headset hasn't been a magnet for developers. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that there has been a significant slowdown in apps being introduced in the Vision Pro app store.

Let’s examine how Intel's trajectory has changed over the past two decades, tracing the key missteps and missed opportunities that allowed AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm to surpass it.

As the demand for compute power continues to surge to unprecedented levels due to AI, Infineon’s participation in developing energy-efficient solutions will be vital in shaping tomorrow’s data center.

At HP’s Imagine event last month, we saw a better AI future focused not on deploying AI for its own sake but on developing detailed plans encompassing HP’s internal resources and an impressive number of partners to ensure that AI deployments will succeed.

ANALYST COMMENTARY

Apple Glowtime Event Triples Down on Apple Intelligence

Although AI is the current buzzword with many consumers, the jury is still out on whether most mainstream users will drink the Apple Intelligence Kool-Aid and move to upgrade their current iPhones.

Apple's flavor of generative artificial intelligence, called Apple Intelligence, was laced throughout its latest watch, AirPods, and phone offerings, announced at its "Glowtime" event on Monday.

OPINION

AMD and Copilot+ Set the Stage for Xbox AI

Let’s talk about what to expect when the AI Xbox comes to market next year, and we’ll close with my Product of the Week, a new AI-enabled processor from Intel Lunar Lake.

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