Author: Richard Gordon

Q1 FY 2025 Results Show Intel Maintaining Topline but Facing Margin Pressure
Richard Gordon and Daniel Newman explore Intel’s Q1 FY 2025 results, highlighting flat revenue, margin challenges, and CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s early turnaround actions.
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead for Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, analyses the 1H 2025 AI Chipsets and Accelerators for Data Centers decision maker survey, which highlights trends and priorities driving spending on AI Data Center upgrades.
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead for Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on how deglobalization of the hyper-globalized semiconductor supply chain is underway, prompted by single-point-of-failure vulnerabilities.
Synopsys Deepens NVIDIA Collaboration to Accelerate EDA Workloads on Grace Blackwell Platform
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead, Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, examines how Synopsys and NVIDIA aim to accelerate chip design with Grace Blackwell, targeting 30x EDA speedups and enhanced AI productivity.
Custom Arm Neoverse V2 Chip Posts Gains in AI, HPC, and General Compute Across C4A VMs
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead, Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, unpacks Google Axion’s strong benchmarks across AI, HPC, and cloud workloads, showing how Google’s custom Arm CPU could reshape enterprise infrastructure.
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead for Semiconductors at Futurum Group, analyses the 4Q 2024 market for AI Chipsets in data Centers which saw another quarter of sequential growth driven by surging demand for high-performance AI compute solutions.
AI-Driven Semiconductor Demand and Infrastructure Software Expansion Fueled Broadcom’s 25% YoY Revenue Growth in Q1 FY 2025
Richard Gordon and Daniel Newman at The Futurum Group break down Broadcom’s Q1 FY 2025 earnings, highlighting AI semiconductor growth, hyperscaler demand for XPUs, and VMware’s software transition driving 25% YoY revenue growth and strong Q2 guidance.
Strong AI Adoption Propels Marvell’s Revenue Growth, With Custom Silicon Ramping Up
Richard Gordon and Daniel Newman analyze Marvell’s Q4 FY 2025 earnings, highlighting AI growth, custom silicon momentum, and evolving semiconductor trends amid rising demand for efficiency-focused AI models.
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead for Semiconductors at Futurum Group, analyses 2024 semiconductor company performance showing how the boom in AI spending drove the top 10 companies to post a combined annual growth of 45.4%.
Synopsys Introduces HAPS-200 and ZeBu-200, Extending Its Leadership in Hardware-Assisted Verification for Next-Gen Semiconductor Designs
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead, Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, explores how Synopsys’ HAV expansion with HAPS-200 and ZeBu-200 tackles AI, multi-die complexity, and scalable verification in semiconductor design.
Record Blackwell Sales of $11 Billion in Q4 FY 2025 Push Nvidia’s Data Center Revenue up 93% YoY
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead, Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, analyzes Nvidia’s Q4 FY 2025 earnings, highlighting record-breaking AI-driven growth, Blackwell’s rapid adoption, and margin pressures amid supply constraints. Key insights on gaming, automotive, and professional visualization trends.
Latest Synopsys Financial Report Shows Solid Performance and Continued Innovation Across Key Segments
Richard Gordon, Vice President & Practice Lead, Semiconductors at The Futurum Group shares his insights on Synopsys’ 1Q FY 2025 earnings report, where the company demonstrated that strong design activity remained a cornerstone of the company’s performance, driven by its leadership in hardware-assisted verification (HAV) solutions, advancements in EDA software, AI-driven innovations, and Design IP solutions.

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