Category: Semiconductors, Supply Chain, & Emerging Tech

Epicor Indago Warehouse Management
June 23, 2026

Can Epicor’s Indago-Karmak Integration Redefine Heavy-Duty Dealership Efficiency?

Epicor's Indago Warehouse Management System earns certified integration with Karmak Fusion, delivering real-time inventory visibility and operational accuracy improvements for heavy-duty truck dealerships....
Will a U.S. Quantum Foundry Leverage $4.6 Billion in New Capital to Become the Next TSMC?
June 23, 2026

Will a U.S. Quantum Foundry Leverage $4.6 Billion in New Capital to Become the Next TSMC?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on how $4.6B in new capital is fueling U.S. quantum foundries modeled after TSMC, while identifying the cryogenic and packaging chain...
AMD and Rackspace
June 22, 2026

Can AMD and Rackspace Scale Sovereign AI Inference?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines AMD and Rackspace's agreement to deploy 30 MW of AI compute capacity that establishes governed enterprise infrastructure for regulated production workloads....
Will the First Wave of Synopsys Multiphysics Fusion Start the Next Wave of AI Chip Designs?
June 22, 2026

Will the First Wave of Synopsys Multiphysics Fusion Start the Next Wave of AI Chip Designs?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, outlines how Synopsys Multiphysics Fusion integrates Ansys signoff engines with EDA tools, enabling up to 10x faster design closure and challenging Cadence competition....
Will QuEra's Neutral Atoms Deliver Fault-Tolerant Quantum on AWS by 2028?
June 22, 2026

Will QuEra’s Neutral Atoms Deliver Fault-Tolerant Quantum on AWS by 2028?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, explores how QuEra's neutral atom Libra system will deliver fault-tolerant quantum computing on Amazon Braket by 2028, potentially offering a more cost-effective path than...
Agentic Workloads Reshape
June 17, 2026

How will Qualcomm’s AI Bet Solve for NVIDIA’s Data Center Gaps as Agentic Workloads Reshape the Chip Market?

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director & Practice Lead, Intelligent Devices at Futurum, on Qualcomm's Investor Day, and whether Qualcomm can challenge NVIDIA's data center dominance....
How Desktop AI Hubs Could Deflect Over 56.23 TWh of Industrial Data Center Load by 2035
June 12, 2026

How Desktop AI Hubs Could Deflect Over 56.23 TWh of Industrial Data Center Load by 2035

Olivier Blanchard and Brendan Burke, Research Directors at Futurum, share their insights on how high-performance small-form-factor desktop AI PCs such as the DGX Spark and Mac Mini could form the...
AWS Graviton5 Reframes the CPU as Agentic AI Infrastructure
June 12, 2026

AWS Graviton5 Reframes the CPU as Agentic AI Infrastructure

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes how AWS Graviton5's general availability redefines CPU architecture for agentic AI, with Meta deploying tens of millions of cores and customers halving their...
Cadence and Synopsys Accelerate Agentic EDA Race at Computex
June 11, 2026

Cadence and Synopsys Accelerate Agentic EDA Race at Computex

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, assesses how Cadence and Synopsys are accelerating the agentic EDA race, with Cadence reaching Level 5 autonomy and Synopsys expanding into multi-physics workflows....
Can AMD EPYC Extend Its Lead Over Vera and Xeon in the Agentic Data Center?
June 11, 2026

Can AMD EPYC Extend Its Lead Over Vera and Xeon in the Agentic Data Center?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines AMD's EPYC 9965's claimed 2.37x NVIDIA Vera throughput and 1.6x Intel Xeon performance in 100 kW rack-scale agentic workloads....
Canonical’s Ubuntu TPU Optimization Shows the Coming Structural Shift in Enterprise AI Infrastructure
June 11, 2026

Canonical’s Ubuntu TPU Optimization Shows the Coming Structural Shift in Enterprise AI Infrastructure

Guy Currier at Futurum examines Canonical’s launch of optimized Ubuntu images for Google Cloud TPU virtual machines and its strategic implications for enterprise AI infrastructure economics, accelerator diversification beyond GPUs,...
Does FOXTRON's Adoption of Dimensity AX C-X1 Validate MediaTek's Automotive Ambitions?
June 10, 2026

Does FOXTRON’s Adoption of Dimensity AX C-X1 Validate MediaTek’s Automotive Ambitions?

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at Futurum, examines how FOXTRON's adoption of MediaTek's Dimensity AX C-X1 platform moves AI-defined vehicle ambitions from platform development into commercial automotive deployment....

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