Research Archive

September 11, 2024 / Carolina Milanesi

Apple’s iPhone 16 Launch: Debunking the Super Cycle Myth and Embracing AI

Apple’s recent unveiling of the iPhone 16 lineup has ignited discussions across the tech industry, focusing on its potential market impact and the role of artificial intelligence in driving adoption. Debunking the Super Cycle Myth The concept of a “super cycle” for iPhone sales has been a topic of considerable debate. Expectations of such a…

August 15, 2024 / Max Weinbach

Geekbench AI and the State of the NPU

Key Takeaways: Geekbench AI 1.0 is a new cross-platform benchmark suite designed for machine learning, deep learning, and AI-centric workloads. It provides three main scores: Single Precision, Half Precision, and Quantized, reflecting different precision levels used in AI tasks. The benchmark includes both computer vision and natural language processing workloads. Accuracy measurements are incorporated alongside…

April 3, 2024 / Max Weinbach

The Power of Efficiency: Edge Al’s Role in Sustainable Generative Al Adoption

When it comes to Generative AI, power efficiency matters. Whether it’s carbon emissions from data center compute, often referred to as the cloud,  inference or client battery for mobile, efficiency can not be ignored. According to Scientific American, “NVIDIA is forecasted to ship 1.5 million AI server units per year by 2027. These 1.5 million…

November 13, 2023 / Ben Bajarin

Arm’s Latest Earnings: Things Learned and What’s Significant

What’s Significant Despite a beat, Arm’s stock was down after hours. One of the main challenges we feel facing investors is Arm is better evaluated on a yearly basis and not a quarterly one. Investors were negative due to a lower-guide for the next quarter which hinges solely on the timing of a customer deal.…

October 9, 2023 / Ben Bajarin

IBM Watsonx – Scaling GenAI Responsibly

IBM recently announced the general availability of WatsonX.  Below is our thoughts on what is significant and a recap of the main announcements. What’s Significant With GenAI being a significant driver on enterprise interest, businesses still have more questions than answers in terms of how they will deploy, manage, and secure their company’s proprietary data.…

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