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Author: Brendan Burke

IonQ Buys a Foundry Is Vertical Integration the Path to Fault-Tolerant Quantum
January 28, 2026

IonQ Buys a Foundry: Is Vertical Integration the Path to Fault-Tolerant Quantum?

Futurum’s Nick Patience and Brendan Burke examine why IonQ’s acquisition of SkyWater signals that fault-tolerant quantum computing is now a manufacturing and supply-chain challenge, not just a physics one....
AI Is the Largest Infrastructure Buildout Ever—Are Investments Keeping Up
January 28, 2026

AI Is the Largest Infrastructure Buildout Ever—Are Investments Keeping Up?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines Jensen Huang’s view of AI as the largest infrastructure buildout in human history and why value is shifting to the application...
Microsoft’s Maia 200 Signals the XPU Shift Toward Reinforcement Learning
January 27, 2026

Microsoft’s Maia 200 Signals the XPU Shift Toward Reinforcement Learning

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Microsoft’s custom Maia 200 architecture and market position. The accelerator supports reinforcement learning with low-precision formats and deterministic networking....
Did SPIE Photonics West 2026 Set the Stage for Scale-up Optics
January 27, 2026

Did SPIE Photonics West 2026 Set the Stage for Scale-up Optics?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at The Futurum Group, explains how SPIE Photonics West 2026 revealed that scaling co-packaged optics depends on cross-domain engineering, thermal materials, and manufacturing testing....
GPU Alternatives Poised to Outgrow GPUs in 2026
January 26, 2026

GPU Alternatives Poised to Outgrow GPUs in 2026

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes new survey data that enterprise spending on XPUs, a diverse set of AI-specialized accelerators, will outpace GPUs in 2026....
Is Tesla’s Multi-Foundry Strategy the Blueprint for Record AI Chip Volumes
January 22, 2026

Is Tesla’s Multi-Foundry Strategy the Blueprint for Record AI Chip Volumes?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, explores how Tesla’s dual-foundry strategy for its AI5 chip enables record production scale and could make multi-foundry production the new standard for AI silicon....
Synopsys and GlobalFoundries Reshape Physical AI Through Processor IP Unbundling
January 16, 2026

Synopsys and GlobalFoundries Reshape Physical AI Through Processor IP Unbundling

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, evaluates GlobalFoundries’ acquisition of Synopsys’ Processor IP to lead in specialized silicon for Physical AI. Synopsys pivots to a neutral ecosystem strategy, prioritizing foundation...
SiFive and NVIDIA Rewriting the Rules of AI Data Center Design
January 15, 2026

SiFive and NVIDIA: Rewriting the Rules of AI Data Center Design

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes the groundbreaking integration of NVIDIA NVLink Fusion into SiFive’s RISC-V IP, a move that signals the end of the proprietary CPU’s stranglehold on...
Will QAI Moon Beat Hyperscalers in GPU Latency
January 15, 2026

Will QAI Moon Beat Hyperscalers in GPU Latency?

The need for edge AI inference is being met by QAI Moon, a new joint venture formed by Moonshot Energy, QumulusAI, and IXP.us to pair carrier-neutral internet exchange points with...
At CES, NVIDIA Rubin and AMD “Helios” Made Memory the Future of AI
January 12, 2026

At CES, NVIDIA Rubin and AMD “Helios” Made Memory the Future of AI

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on the unveilings of NVIDIA’s Rubin platform and AMD’s Helios platform at CES. These reveals emphasize that fast access to storage...

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