Category: Semiconductors, Supply Chain, & Emerging Tech

Strong EPYC and Instinct Demand Drive 36% YoY Growth; Data Center Revenue Up 57%
Olivier Blanchard and Daniel Newman at Futurum break down AMD’s Q1 FY 2025 earnings, highlighting EPYC and Instinct-driven Data Center growth, record Ryzen ASPs, and how AI momentum is powering AMD’s performance despite China export curbs.
On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss ServiceNow's Knowledge conference, IBM's Think event, and the UK-US trade deal. The hosts analyze AMD and ARM's recent earnings, highlighting their strong performance in the AI and data center markets. They debate the effectiveness of AI diffusion laws and touch on recent tech industry layoffs. The episode also covers updates from Coherent, Lattice, and Astera Labs.
Q1 FY 2025 Results Reflect Resilience in Gross Margin and Record Design Wins in AI, Robotics, and Automotive as New Products Scale
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at Futurum, examines Lattice’s Q1 FY 2025 earnings, highlighting record design wins across AI, robotics, and automotive, and how new products are paving the way for growth in FY 2026.
Automotive, PC, and IOT Drive Encouraging YoY Revenue Growth as Qualcomm’s Diversification Strategy Expands
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Qualcomm’s record Q1 FY 2025 earnings, highlighting strong YoY growth AI-driven IoT and automotive.
On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss Google's antitrust issues, IBM and Nvidia's White House announcements, Taiwan's semiconductor regulations, and Intel's Foundry Day. The hosts debate the consolidation of AI into big tech and its need for regulation. They analyze recent earnings reports from major tech companies, highlighting strong performances in enterprise AI and cloud services. The podcast concludes with a preview of their upcoming Six Five Summit, featuring industry leaders like Michael Dell.
Based on the Most Recent Announcements Regarding Tariffs, an Overview of Which Sectors and Vendors Will Be Most Impacted
Alex Smith, VP Channels Research at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on how tariffs impact different technology sectors and vendors. It will explore how the industry is looking to respond, and what potential tariffs are still to come.
In our latest Research Brief, Hammerspace Tier 0: Unlocking Greater Efficiency in GPU-Driven Computing, The Futurum Group explores how organizations can overcome latency and storage inefficiencies by unlocking stranded NVMe capacity within GPU servers.
Lightmatter Breakthrough 3D Photonic Interposer Tech Provides Highest Bandwidth and Largest Die Complexes for AI Infrastructure Chips
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall shares his insights on why Lightmatter can be a frontrunner in photonic supercomputing through its Passage M1000 and L200 products aimed at transforming AI infrastructure with breakthrough 3D photonic innovation.
The Micron G9 NAND Mobile UFS 4.1 Solution Provides the Innovation Key to Enabling Faster and More Responsive Experiences on Flagship Smartphones
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall shares his insights on why Micron’s G9 NAND with UFS 4.1 and UFS 3.1 drives the mobile ecosystem forward by delivering faster, more efficient, and AI-optimized storage solutions.
On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the whiplash-inducing tariff announcements affecting US-China trade, Intel's strategic move to sell a majority stake in Altera to Silver Lake, and activist investor Elliott Management's stake in HPE. The hosts engage in a lively debate on the merits of selling AI chips to China, exploring the complex interplay between national security, economic interests, and technological advancement.
Nokia Bell Labs’ 100th Anniversary Created the Opportunity for Nokia CNS to Showcase How Collaboration with Bell Labs is Productizing Portfolio Innovation
Ron Westfall, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares insights on why Nokia CNS and Bell Labs are driving the portfolio innovation key to enable CSP and enterprise transformation of cloud, AI and automation, and monetization capabilities.
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.

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