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2013 is the year the computer began to fade away, just like Tinker Bell when all the little children stopped believing in her, just like Santa Claus, who once he is done with his trip ...
One OS, all platforms—yeah, right
How many times do we have to see this movie—its got a bad ending Sometimes I think the overpaid geniuses at Microsoft live in a cave, seldom seeing daylight, no contact with the outside world, ...
Qualcomm moves to 4K with Snapdragon 805 – Adds console features and new LTE companion modem
The mobile world is moving at lightning speed as it adds features for movies, gaming, and even content creation. As JPR has been saying, 4K and console quality graphics for mobile is not the new ...
Seasonality – Although it often seems to be lost, it still exists
We’ve been tracking PC graphics, and PC shipments since the late 1980s. As a result, we have some fantastic historical data. One of the things we used to observe was the seasonality of shipments: shipments ...
Are we suffering a confidence gap?
We seem to be an industry of extremes, and short memories When Apple started the tablet craze, the industry was doubtul. The commenting classes dismissed it as a big iPhone and called it a loser, ...
On being mobile
As (I hope) you probably know, we just wrapped up our 2013 Mobile Devices study on SoCs and the GPUs inside. (Clever title, no?) If you are interested in mobile devices, and specifically the SoCs ...
Getting ready for Christmas and waiting for Godot
What we thought of as the personal computer industry is becoming something entirely new. It is fragmenting into billions of devices: phones, tablets, game consoles, car systems, and we’re already seeing the next round of ...
On being natural
Perceptual computing and the natural user interface Intel didn’t invent natural user interfaces, but they sure as hell are going to make them come to life—so to speak. And to help make that happen, the ...
The future—visualize yours
You can’t use the past to see the future—I’m pretty sure we’ve all heard that before, and probably even said it a few times. It’s especially true in the case of computers. Think back to ...
May the tablet be with you—really
There’s probably a seven-inch in your and/or your kid’s future— it’s going to change the world December last year you could buy an Android 4.0, 7-inch IPS screen tablet almost anywhere in China for $90, ...
Speculating vs. reporting
It’s much more fun, and easier to speculate One of the reasons the trade press has been decimated and so many so-called reports/writers are looking for jobs is because for the most part they were ...
Stop looking at me – WAIT! Look at me
That sullen black eye on top of my monitor, staring at me all day and night, what’s it seeing, who is it sharing it with? There is a big uproar about the Prism project and ...