Malik Saadi
Vice President
Research Focus
Malik Kamal-Saadi is head of the Strategic Technology Group at ABI Research focusing on transformative technologies and innovation across Telecommunications and Connectivity Technologies, Enterprise IT and OT Technologies, Cloud, Edge, and Distributed Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Data Warehouses, Robotics and Automation, and other adjacent technologies. In his role, Malik leads ABI Research’s thought leadership, consultancy services, syndicated services, strategic positioning, market forecasts, competitive assessments, and market analysis.
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Insights
AI-RAN Alliance: Qualcomm Silently Joins, BUT as Player or Observer?
Insight | 1Q 2025 | IN-7735
The Geopolitical Semiconductor Cold War: Challenges and Impacts of Onshoring Manufacturing
Insight | 4Q 2024 | IN-7584
Intel Unbundling and Qualcomm's Acquisition Prospects
Insight | 3Q 2024 | IN-7537
Physical AI and Humanoids: Breakthrough or Bubble?
Insight | 3Q 2024 | IN-7490
Who Will Lead The Race of XR Ecosystem Harmonization?
Insight | 3Q 2024 | IN-7471
Mobile World Congress Has Mutated from Consumer into Enterprise Show
Insight | 1Q 2022 | IN-6478
Challenges Facing the Mobile and Computing Industries with Arm IPO
Insight | 1Q 2022 | IN-6447
Assessing NVIDIA’s Opportunities, Challenges, and Options for Acquiring Arm
Insight | 3Q 2020 | IN-5933
Research
Arm Versus Qualcomm: Analysis of a Landmark Industry Dispute
Report | 4Q 2024 | AN-6343
The Past, Present, And Future Of Cloud Gaming
Whitepaper | 1Q 2024 | WP-1039
Mobile Robots
Market Data | 4Q 2023 | MD-MOROBO-102
Exoskeletons
Market Data | 4Q 2023 | MD-XROBO-101
Industrial Robots
Market Data | 4Q 2023 | MD-IROBO-104
Commercial and Industrial Robotics
Market Data | 4Q 2023 | MD-CIROBO-108
Collaborative Robots
Market Data | 4Q 2023 | MD-COBOT-101
5G Advanced: The Make or Break Opportunity for Telcos in the Enterprise Market
Research Report | 3Q 2022 | RR-FRBS-102
2022 Technology Summit: 5G Positioning Implementation and Market Opportunities
Presentation | 4Q 2021 | PT-2548
Malik Saadi In The News
Will anyone challenge the AI-RAN Alliance?
Fierce Network (2025-02-27)ABI Research analyst Malik Saadi said he expects an alternative group will launch at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week.
“I am pretty convinced that there will be some announcements related to some new alliances,” he told Fierce. “For me, it does not make sense for Nvidia to highjack the...
On-Device Generative AI Unlocks True Smartphone And PC Value
Forbes (2024-04-17)
Article by Malik Saadi
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Service Lifecycle Management: The Future Of Manufacturing Automation
Forbes (2024-02-7)
Article by Malik Saadi
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US Sees Huawei Payback in China's Apple 'Ban'
Newsweek (2023-09-14)
Malik Saadi, Vice President at global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, told Newsweek: "Despite spending the past four years under U.S. restrictions banning its access to 5G technology, it is clear that there has been much technical progress by Chinese companies.
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Robot Operating System Advances Left Up to Industry
EE Times (2023-07-26)
More than 740 companies are working on ROS-based robots, Malik Saadi, VP for strategic technologies at global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, told EE Times. “This includes well-established OEMs, such as Bear Robotics, Canvas, Clearpath Robotics, Fetch Robotics, Gideon, John Deere, Locus...
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Comprehensive AI Development Software Critical To AI Democratization
Forbes (2023-03-6)
Article by Malik Saadi
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Technology Leader of the Year: The U.S. Semiconductor Industry
Industry Week (2023-01-9)
ABI Research Vice President Malik Saadi says backlogs for some parts are stretching into 2024. “The immediate need is really to create more fab capacity to address the long-tail chipset shortage (sensors, MCUs, RF, etc.) and cater for the needs of a multitude of end-products that rely heavily on...
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Future CIO: 5G to solve enterprise need for RTLS systems but hurdles remain
Future CIO (2021-06-28)
“All the barriers identified by the survey are currently constraining the RTLS ecosystem from developing and flourishing. Current solutions addressing this market today are struggling to generate scale as they are not ticking all the commercial and technology requirement boxes of end-users,”...
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Telecom Lead: Vodafone and Qualcomm in pact to push Open RAN deployment
Telecom Lead (2021-04-29)
The blueprint created by Qualcomm and Vodafone will help mobile operators guarantee infrastructure modularity, avoid vendor lock-ins, and will make it easier for them to swap network elements without fears of compromising the network performance, Malik Saadi, Vice President at global tech market...
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Tech Target: 5G enterprise market will overtake consumer cellular by 2036
Tech Target (2020-07-28)
5G is the first cellular technology generation that enterprise use cases will play a larger role in than consumer use cases. Learn more from ABI Research's 5G Technology Summit.
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SDX Central: 5G, Edge (Mostly) Unencumbered by Pandemic
SDX Central (2020-04-15)
A global pandemic is crippling entire industries but the 5G market and its prospects will scrape by largely unscathed compared to other markets, according to ABI Research. Capex spending on 5G network deployments will decline 10% globally this year, but those activities will pick up next year, or...
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Mobile News: Qualcomm unveils three new Snapdragon platforms for 5G era
Mobile News (2019-12-5)
ABI Research vice president Malik Saadi said of the 765 range: “The introduction of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 is a significant milestone. This platform has every potential to accelerate the adoption of 5G in mid-range smartphones, giving a leading edge to Qualcomm in this market segment. In...
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Mobile World Live: Blog: Will HarmonyOS strike the right chord?
Mobile World Live (2019-09-10)
10 SEP 2019 Huawei ended speculation regarding its work to develop an in-house operating system in early August, when it officially unveiled its HarmonyOS (Hongmeng in Chinese). Set to initially be installed in smart TVs from sub-brand Honor, the platform will eventually make its way into some of...
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Business Insider: 2 of the biggest sectors in consumer tech are on an innovation kick after years of stagnation, and the reason has a lot to do with 5G
Business Insider (2019-07-11)
"People can use more innovative applications and can have far better and enhanced augmented experiences in more consistent ways when you use premium content [enabled by 5G]," Malik Saadi, the vice president of strategic technologies at the tech market advisory firm ABI Research, told Business...
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Money Inc.: The Use Cases of Quantum Computing Are Key to Countries’ Next-Generation Economic Curve and Global Leadership
Money Inc. (2018-12-14)
Article by Malik Saadi and Lian Jye Su
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Apple Said to Inspire Intel 5G Chip
EE Times (2018-11-12)
An earlier 5G-only modem, the XMM 8060, “is becoming a development platform” rather than a commercial product, said an Intel spokeswoman. Thus, Intel “will miss the 2019 5G launches, but it is targeting large-scale rollouts from customers such as Apple and [partner] Spreadtrum,” said Malik Saadi,...
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