Re:Can the EU become another AI superpower?
by rcarmo on Sunday September 23, 2018 @04:20AM
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I had a ringside seat on the Nokia “turnaround” towards oblivion.
The consumer side did suffer from Elop’s strategy (he also somewhat neglected the carrier network products), but the larger issue was that some carriers were so dependent on Nokia for mid-to-high-end handsets that when cheaper alternatives emerged they switched wholesale (I was at Vodafone at the time, and work at Microsoft now).
As to the rest, I don’t see Europe being a contender in chip manufacturing (even though ARM originated in our side of the Atlantic), and I don’t think patents would hold us back.
What does hold us back is the lack of significant manufacturing capabilities in those domains. There are a few electronics manufacturers and small fabs, but they cater to niches.
The consumer side did suffer from Elop’s strategy (he also somewhat neglected the carrier network products), but the larger issue was that some carriers were so dependent on Nokia for mid-to-high-end handsets that when cheaper alternatives emerged they switched wholesale (I was at Vodafone at the time, and work at Microsoft now).
As to the rest, I don’t see Europe being a contender in chip manufacturing (even though ARM originated in our side of the Atlantic), and I don’t think patents would hold us back.
What does hold us back is the lack of significant manufacturing capabilities in those domains. There are a few electronics manufacturers and small fabs, but they cater to niches.