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Bob O'Donnell
TECHnalysis Research was founded by technology market research veteran Bob O'Donnell.
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August 26, 2025

Nvidia Brings Blackwell to Robotics

As exciting as Generative AI may be, there’s another AI-powered technology on the near-term horizon that could end up being even more impactful: the field of robotics—or as Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and others have started to call it: physical AI. The idea with Physical AI is that some of the same type of algorithmic principles that have been used to create large language models (LLMs) for text-based interactions could be applied to learning and recreating physical movements in the real world. Nvidia has offered robotics-focused hardware platforms and software for over a decade, but its latest release—the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor platform—marks a significant step...

TECHnalysis Research, LLC provides strategic consulting and market research services to the technology industry and professional financial community. Building on a deep understanding of critical technology and business trends in conjunction with hard-hitting, original research, the firm provides unique "out-of-the-box" perspectives that are still grounded in the practical realities of the technology, media and telecom markets.
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Column/Blog
September 10, 2025

Arm Lumex Platform Lifts Smartphone AI

In the never-ending race to improve the AI performance across every device possible, it’s always important to keep an eye on Arm. After all, their compute architectures for both CPUs and GPUs power virtually all of the world’s smartphones and an increasing percentage of PCs, wearables and other devices. From architectural licensees such as Apple and Qualcomm to direct IP customers such as MediaTek and Xiaomi, the reach of Arm across client devices is enormous. So, with the unveiling of the company’s new Lumex platform and the key components that go into it, there’s a lot to dig into and analyze.

USA Today Column
September 10, 2025

In iPhone 17, Apple finally thinks different with new designs

If you’re an iPhone fan, you can’t help but have noticed that the last few years of new iPhone introductions have all looked pretty darn similar. Sure, the technology inside has changed and improved, but from a physical perspective, the overall shape and form factor really hasn’t. Thankfully, after Tuesday’s big Apple product announcement event, things are now very different. After enduring a stifling sea of sameness in the basic design of the iPhone since the iPhone X, Apple’s new line of iPhone 17s finally brings a very diverse and distinctive breadth of offerings to people looking for an iPhone.