TECHnalysis Research

About the Founder

Bob O'Donnell
TECHnalysis Research was founded by technology market research veteran Bob O'Donnell.
LEARN MORE

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.

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.
LEARN MORE

Column/Blog
September 24, 2025

Qualcomm Focuses on Agentic AI with Latest Chips

If you’re paying close attention, you can’t help but notice a key theme that’s started to weave its way into and through the messaging from today’s top tech companies. That theme? Hybrid AI—or a combination of running AI models, agents, and applications both in the cloud and on the edge. At the company’s annual Snapdragon Summit, hosted in the amazing environs of Maui (to which they graciously covered my travel expenses), Qualcomm made it clear that they are doubling down on this strategy. The key product introductions focused on their newest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile SOCs for smartphones and the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme for PCs, but the overall story encompassed a much broader scope.

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.