AMD Unveils Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics Cards, Bringing AI Acceleration and Next-Gen Raytracing to Enthusiast Gamers
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director with The Futurum Group, analyzes AMD’s Radeon RX 9000 Series launch, highlighting RDNA 4 advancements, AI acceleration, enhanced raytracing, and FSR 4 upscaling.
Dell’s Q4 FY 2025 Results Show Strong AI Infrastructure Demand, Boosting ISG Growth While CSG Continues to Face Softness in Consumer Sales
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, analyzes Dell’s Q4 FY 2025 earnings, highlighting record AI-driven ISG growth, a $9 billion AI backlog, and CSG challenges. With AI server demand surging, execution remains key in FY 2026.
Commercial PC Momentum and AI PC Demand Drive HP’s Q1 FY 2025 Revenue Growth, Offset by Weak Consumer PC Sales and Soft Printing Demand
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director with The Futurum Group, analyzes HP’s Q1 FY 2025 earnings, exploring how AI PC adoption and commercial demand are driving growth, while rising costs, tariffs, and supply chain shifts challenge profitability.
Apple Aims to Redefine Its Budget Lineup with AI and In-House Modem
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, analyzes Apple’s iPhone 16e launch, its pricing shift, AI integration, in-house modem transition, and the broader impact on Apple's iPhone strategy amid growing competition.
HP Launches the Victus 15 Gaming Laptop in India, Featuring AMD Ryzen AI-Powered Enhancements, NVIDIA GeForce RTX Graphics, and a 144Hz Display, Signaling a Deeper Push Into AI-Integrated Personal Computing
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, analyzes HP’s AI-powered Victus 15 and its role in HP’s broader AI PC strategy. With AI-driven gaming enhancements and a push into premium AI PCs, can HP maintain its competitive edge?
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, explores Arm’s latest hybrid prototyping collaboration with S2C, Xylon, and ZC Technology, highlighting its role in accelerating SDV development.
AI Acceleration and Hybrid Infrastructure Strategy Lift Lenovo’s Earnings
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director with The Futurum Group, analyzes Lenovo’s Q3 FY2025 earnings, highlighting AI-driven growth in ISG, premium PC momentum in IDG, and sustained double-digit expansion in SSG.
Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard explore T-Mobile Starlink's Super Bowl debut, Nokia's leadership change, and Qualcomm's revenue surge in the latest episode of the Six Five Webcast - The 5G Factor.
AWS Continues to Scale as Amazon Accelerates AI Investments, While Same-Day Delivery Expansion and Cost Control Drive Retail Profitability
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director with The Futurum Group, analyzes Amazon’s Q4 2024 earnings, highlighting AWS growth amid supply constraints, the expansion of same-day delivery, and advertising monetization.
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on what DeepSeek’s disruption signals for the US tech sector. While many focused on how China’s progress in model training may threaten incumbent US competitors, the bigger signal we should be focusing on is how a confluence of efficiency improvements in both model training and AI-forward semiconductor performance could make large model training accessible to an increasingly broader market.
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director and Practice Lead for AI Devices at The Futurum Group, shares some highlights from the 1H 2025 AI Devices Decision Maker Survey Report, including early AI PC adoption trends in the enterprise, how the expanding silicon diversity in the PC segment is affecting processor market share in the PC segment, and how the end of Windows 10 support in late 2025 is accelerating the PC refresh cycle.
Q2 Revenue and Margin Expansion Driven by AI-Powered Data Center Demand, Telecom Recovery, and Industrial Resilience
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, analyzes Coherent’s Q2 FY 2025 earnings, highlighting record networking revenue fueled by AI data center demand, telecom recovery, and margin expansion.
