Category: PCs and Devices

January 22, 2020

James Kobielus

Research Note

Apple’s Acquisition of Xnor.ai Aims to Deliver TinyML to Edge Devices

Bringing Xnor.ai into its product portfolio provides Apple with an edge app development tool geared for a wide range of programmers, not just those who are knowledgeable about AI, DL, and ML. Xnor.ai’s SDK allows programmers to easily drop AI-centric code and data libraries into device-based apps. The tool provides a unified abstraction layer for building, compilation, and training of edge AI models that frees developers from having to worry about target-device CPUs and AI accelerators. Beyond that, let’s take a look at what we think is on the horizon for Apple on the acquisition front.

5G, Digital Home, PCs and Devices

January 19, 2020

Daniel Newman

Research Note

New Microsoft Chromium Based Edge Browser Shows Big Promise

Microsoft has launched its new chromium based Edge browser. This research note looks at the pros of the browser and its likelihood of gaining adoption.

Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations, PCs and Devices

January 18, 2020

Daniel Newman

Research Note

Apple Expands On Device AI Capabilities With Xnor.AI Acquisition

Apple has acquired Xnor.ai to expand the company's on device AI capabilities. What does the Xnor.ai acquisiton mean for Apple and future Apple Devices.

AI, PCs and Devices

January 7, 2020

Olivier Blanchard

Futurum Tech Webcast

Ringing in 2020 with Consumer Electronics Galore–Futurum Tech Podcast

CES 2020, the Consumer Electronics Show happening this week in Las Vegas, will offer up some winners and some losers – we let you know what to expect. Plus the latest on deep fake technologies, Intel’s quantum computing chips, VMware’s shift to the cloud, and how Russia is edging closer to shutting off the global Internet – all this and more on this week’s edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast.

Digital Home, PCs and Devices

December 9, 2019

Daniel Newman

Six Five Webcast

Six Five Insiders with Dell Technologies’ Deepak Patil

In this episode of the Six Five Insiders podcast with Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead, special guest Deepak Patil, Sr. VP and GM of Cloud Platforms and Solutions at Dell joins us to talk about cloud: Where we are now, where we’re heading, and what Dell’s hyperconverged infrastructure is doing for customers.

5G, PCs and Devices

August 5, 2019

Daniel Newman

Analyst Insight

Apple’s New Modem Business Could Become a Giant Money Pit

Apple would have been smarter to invest money elsewhere than buying this modem business from Intel. This could become a giant money pit.

5G, Communications Networks, PCs and Devices

July 2, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Futurum Tech Webcast

Apple: Inflection, Reflection or Reset–Futurum Tech Podcast Episode 051

On this week's edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast, is Apple on the verge of another major transition? North Korea launches a smartphone. Verbal skirmishes between Nokia and Huawei set the stage for a new phase in global 5G competition. Google returns to the bottom of the ocean, and sends cars into fields. Those stories, and more, coming up on this episode of FTP.

5G, PCs and Devices, Processors

June 7, 2019

Daniel Newman

Futurum Tech Webcast

Apple’s Revenue Strategy: Thousand-dollar Monitor Stands–Futurum Tech Podcast Episode 048

5G, Digital Home, PCs and Devices

June 4, 2019

Daniel Newman

Analyst Insight

WWDC 2019 — Apple’s Privacy Theme Rings Clear, That’s Impressive

At WWDC 2019 Apple's privacy theme rings clear even with a host of massive new announcements. With privacy concerns a growing issue, here are what I think are some of Apple's privacy-focused standouts.