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SemiAccurate is very deeply embedded in the semiconductor industry and in the OEMs. Charlie Demerjian has a track record of relaying privately held opinions of
by Toshio 14y ago
SemiAccurate is very deeply embedded in the semiconductor industry and in the OEMs. Charlie Demerjian has a track record of relaying privately held opinions of executives in those industries, stuff that would be a PR disaster for those organizations should their CEOs decide not to shut up.
I personally trust Charlie's analyses.
- justin66 14y agoYeesh. I'm glad you mentioned his name, I wouldn't have noticed it. My sole exposure to his writing has been the occasional anti-Nvidia tirade. The stuff he wrote for the Inquirer was at a "have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?" level of nuttiness. It's impressive that he got a whole article out of "I asked them for a review unit lots of times and they kept saying no". I didn't see anything insightful there at all.
- Toshio 14y agoOne of the article's key insights was this: for any *book to be successful, battery life is the killer feature. Actually, portability is the real killer feature, but battery life is a good proxy for that. Intel chooses not to focus on that in their specs, instead mandating all sorts of bells and whistles to compensate. Not a winning strategy.