Category: Semiconductors, Supply Chain, & Emerging Tech

Applied Materials Q1 FY 2026 AI Demand Lifts Outlook
February 17, 2026

Applied Materials Q1 FY 2026: AI Demand Lifts Outlook

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Applied Materials’ Q1 FY 2026, highlighting AI-driven mix to leading-edge logic, HBM, and advanced packaging, new product launches, and services leverage....
Can Cadence Shorten Chip Design Timelines with ChipStack AI
February 16, 2026

Can Cadence Shorten Chip Design Timelines with ChipStack AI?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, assesses Cadence’s launch of ChipStack, an agentic AI workflow for front‑end chip design and verification, using a structured “Mental Model” to coordinate multiple agents....
Cisco Live EMEA 2026 Can a Networking Giant Become an AI Platform Company
February 16, 2026

Cisco Live EMEA 2026: Can a Networking Giant Become an AI Platform Company?

Nick Patience, AI Platforms Practice Lead at Futurum, shares insights direct from Cisco Live EMEA 2026 on Cisco’s ambitious pivot from networking vendor to full-stack AI platform company, and where...
Lenovo Q3 FY 2026 Earnings Broad-Based Growth, AI Mix Rising
February 16, 2026

Lenovo Q3 FY 2026 Earnings: Broad-Based Growth, AI Mix Rising

Futurum Research analyzes Lenovo’s Q3 FY 2026 results, highlighting a revenue beat, rising AI mix across devices, infrastructure, and services, and management’s playbook to navigate persistent memory and silicon cost...
Cisco Q2 FY 2026 Earnings- AI Infrastructure Momentum Lifts Results
February 13, 2026

Cisco Q2 FY 2026 Earnings: AI Infrastructure Momentum Lifts Results

Futurum Research analyzes Cisco’s Q2 FY 2026 results, highlighting AI infrastructure momentum, campus networking demand, and margin mitigation plans, with guidance reaffirming a strong FY 2026 outlook....
Astera Labs Q4 2025 Earnings Diversified AI Connectivity Momentum
February 13, 2026

Astera Labs Q4 2025 Earnings: Diversified AI Connectivity Momentum

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Astera Labs’ Q4 2025 beat and above-consensus guidance, highlighting momentum in smart fabrics, signal conditioning, and CXL memory as AI connectivity spend accelerates....
Silicon Labs Q4 FY 2025 Earnings Highlight Wireless Momentum and Acquisition
February 13, 2026

Silicon Labs Q4 FY 2025 Earnings Highlight Wireless Momentum and Acquisition

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Silicon Labs’ Q4 FY 2025 results and TI’s pending acquisition, highlighting industrial wireless momentum, manufacturing synergies, and how internalized production could expand reach...
Does Nebius’ Acquisition of Tavily Create the Leading Agentic Cloud
February 12, 2026

Does Nebius’ Acquisition of Tavily Create the Leading Agentic Cloud?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, explores Nebius’ acquisition of Tavily to create a unified "Agentic Cloud." By integrating real-time search, Nebius is addressing hallucinations and context gaps for autonomous...
Lattice Semiconductor Q4 FY 2025 Record Comms & Compute, AI Servers +85%
February 12, 2026

Lattice Semiconductor Q4 FY 2025: Record Comms & Compute, AI Servers +85%

Futurum Research analyzes Lattice’s Q4 FY 2025 results, highlighting data center companion FPGA momentum, expanding security attach, and a growing new-product mix that supports FY 2026 growth and margin resilience....
AI Capex 2026 The $690B Infrastructure Sprint
February 12, 2026

AI Capex 2026: The $690B Infrastructure Sprint

Nick Patience, AI Platforms Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on the massive AI capex plans of US hyperscalers, specifically whether the projected $700 billion infrastructure build-out can be...
Will Applied Materials’ Transistor Breakthroughs Empower 2nm AI Chips?
February 11, 2026

Will Applied Materials’ Transistor Breakthroughs Empower 2nm AI Chips?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes whether Applied Materials’ transistor breakthroughs will empower 2nm AI chips....
Will Cisco’s Silicon One G300 Be the Backbone of Agentic Inference
February 11, 2026

Will Cisco’s Silicon One G300 Be the Backbone of Agentic Inference?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Cisco's Silicon One G300 announcement. The 102.4T chip and 1.6T optics target agentic AI workloads, promising 6x system consolidation and improved reliability for...

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