Category: PCs and Devices

Ring Launches Easy-to-Install Battery Doorbell, Featuring Head-to-Toe Video, Seamless Installation, and More
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, provides a competitive overview of Ring’s new Battery Doorbell offering, and discusses its balance of pricing and features for three critical customer segments: renters, landlords, and customers looking to equip multiple access points.
On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss AMD’s acquisition of ZT Systems, the DOJ consideration of breaking up Google, Cisco Q4FY24 Earnings, Lenovo Q1FY24/25 Earnings, HPE’s intent to acquire Morpheus Data, Huawei’s Chinese Market chip to compete with NVIDIA, and Coherent Q4FY24 Earnings.
Arrcus Gains $30 Million Investment with NVIDIA Chipping In, T-Mobile Seeks Reduction in 5G Laptop and FWA Barriers, and Ericsson Sees Differentiated 5G Ahead
In this episode of The 5G Factor, The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Tom Hollingsworth examine new moves made by Arrcus, NVIDIA, T-Mobile, and Ericsson to advance 5G readiness.
The Magnificent Seven and the AI-driven Semiconductor Boom’s Fundamentals and Growth Trajectories are Strong
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his thoughts on why the tech selloff trend doesn’t align with the tech sector’s overall year-on-year performance, AI-driven chip-to-cloud opportunity, or current growth trajectory. To make his point, Blanchard addresses eight fundamental questions to be fueling the trend, touching on Apple, Intel, Taiwan, and uncertainty about the outcome of the upcoming US Presidential elections, weighed against critical product roadmaps, demand pipelines, and market momentum.
Intel’s Q2 2024 Earnings Usher in a $10B Cost Reduction Plan Per Guidance Miss to Bolster Near-term Competitiveness in Key Segments and Land Long Game Strategy
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall shares his insights on why Intel’s Q2 2024 earnings release demonstrates significant challenges amid strategic industry shifts while its new cost reductions are key to boosting competitiveness and long-term strategy.
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director with The Futurum Group, drills down into Qualcomm’s FYQ3 2024 earnings. Highlights include Qualcomm’s impressive YoY growth in the automotive segment, steady growth in handsets despite the segment’s relative maturity, and how the company’s investments in edge AI in the PC, XR, IOT and IIOT segments is already starting to pay off.
The Six Five team discusses another day, another Apple booting Qualcomm rumor.
AMD Reports Record Growth in Data Center and Client (PC) Segments Thanks to Its Growing Portfolio of Competitive AI-Enabling IP
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, zooms in on AMD’s Q2 2024 financial results and discusses the opportunities, threats, velocity, and momentum of AMD’s opportunity across all business segments, with particular attention to the data center and PC segments, where the chipmaker could start capturing market share from rivals NVIDIA and Intel as early as H2 2024.
Q2 Copilot+ PC Launches Set Stage for Impending PC Refresh Supercycle
The Futurum Group’s Research Director Olivier Blanchard covers the highlights in the AI PC market for H1 2024, focusing on the Copilot+ PC launch, which is setting the stage for the impending PC refresh supercycle.
The Six Five team discusses AMD Zen 5 Tech Day.
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director with The Futurum Group, highlights some of the key features and specs of HP’s new OmniStudio X AIO line from HP.
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director with The Futurum Group, shares his insights on why HP’s new 14” OmniBook Ultra next-gen AI PC hints to HP’s AI PC market differentiation strategy, and to how silicon diversity in the AI PC/Copilot+ PC ecosystem is already creating specific performance niches and unique value proposition tracks for top PC semiconductor vendors namely Qualcomm, AMD, and Intel.

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