Semiconductors, Supply Chain, & Emerging Tech

Powering Innovation: Semiconductors, Supply Chain Strategy, and Emerging Tech Trends

Semiconductors have created a technology super-cycle powering the AI revolution. The industry is on pace to approach  $1 trillion in revenue in 2026, marking a third consecutive year of elevated growth driven by AI training, inference, and new  classes of intelligent systems. The semiconductor industry now spans a deeply interdependent global supply chain where  constraints at any layer shape overall performance and economics. Beyond traditional data center compute, emerging  technologies are expanding the market through new computing form factors that depend on breakthrough semiconductor  innovation and frontier AI models, including intelligent robotics, domain-specific XPUs, and early hybrid classical-quantum  platforms. Together, these forces are shifting the industry from a focus on standalone chips toward tightly integrated,  system-level platforms that define the next phase of AI-driven growth. 

When working on strategy, product, marketing, and sales initiatives, consider intelligence from our expert analysts – planned deliverables for 2026 include:
  • Analyst Insight Report – a report on critical issues in the industry  
  • State of the Market Report – a report on technology, markets, products, and vendors
  • Futurum Signal Report Access – any Signal Report published in the relevant practice area

The Latest Insights on Semiconductors, Supply Chain, & Emerging Tech

Astera Labs' Scorpio Switch Family Adds Hardware Engines to Lift the Interconnect Ceiling for LLMs

Astera Labs’ Scorpio Switch Family Adds Hardware Engines to Lift the Interconnect Ceiling for LLMs

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines how Astera Labs' Scorpio X-Series 320 Lane Smart Fabric Switch embeds Hypercast and [...]
AMD Q1 FY 2026 Data Center Momentum Builds as AI Deployments Scale

AMD Q1 FY 2026: Data Center Momentum Builds as AI Deployments Scale

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes AMD’s Q1 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on data center-driven growth, expanding server CPU [...]
Applied Materials Targets $3.5 Billion Electrochemical Deposition Market With NEXX Acquisition

Applied Materials Targets $3.5 Billion Electrochemical Deposition Market With NEXX Acquisition

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines how Applied Materials' acquisition of NEXX broadens its panel-level advanced packaging portfolio to [...]
Lattice Semiconductor Q1 FY 2026 Results Set Up AMI Acquisition

Lattice Semiconductor Q1 FY 2026 Results Set Up AMI Acquisition

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Lattice’s Q1 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on compute and communications demand, improving channel [...]
Lattice's $1.65B AMI Acquisition Doubles the Value of Neutral XPU Control to the AI Factory

Lattice’s $1.65B AMI Acquisition Doubles the Value of Neutral XPU Control to the AI Factory

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on the Lattice AMI acquisition, a $1.65 billion bet on controlling the [...]
Tenstorrent Galaxy Blackhole

Tenstorrent’s Galaxy Blackhole: Can RISC-V Processors Expand Fast Inference Globally?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, reviews Tenstorrent's Galaxy Blackhole launch event featuring record inference performance through open standards and [...]

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The Age of Agentic Silicon: Data Center Chip Market to Reach $1.2 Trillion by 2030
July 6, 2026

The Age of Agentic Silicon: Data Center Chip Market to Reach $1.2 Trillion by 2030

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares findings from new research showing the data center semiconductor market surging to $1.2 trillion by 2030, as agentic AI inference reaches 45% of...
52% of Compute Decision Makers Use Reasoning Models as Primary AI Model Type
May 18, 2026

52% of Compute Decision Makers Use Reasoning Models as Primary AI Model Type

Futurum Research’s 1H 2026 data center semiconductor survey of 824 enterprise decision makers finds 52.3% of model-serving compute now goes to reasoning models, 54.0% describe their AI workload as balanced...
Chip Supply Is the Greatest Barrier to Scaling AI Compute for 26% of Decision-Makers
April 24, 2026

Chip Supply Is the Greatest Barrier to Scaling AI Compute for 26% of Decision-Makers

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, reveals chip supply and power constraints are the dominant barriers to scaling data center compute, with nearly half of organizations citing these as their...
Orbital Computing Can Reach $1 Trillion Addressable Market by 2030
April 22, 2026

Orbital Computing Can Reach $1 Trillion Addressable Market by 2030

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, explores how declining launch costs and rising terrestrial power bottlenecks could make orbital data centers a $1 trillion market by 2030....
Futurum Survey Finds That 65% of Compute Decision Makers Plan to Adopt Optical Computing
March 24, 2026

Futurum Survey Finds That 65% of Compute Decision Makers Plan to Adopt Optical Computing

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, reveals that ~65% of semiconductor decision-makers plan to adopt optical computing, with quantum accelerators and neuromorphic chips also gaining traction....
AI Grid Constraints Will Push Over 33% of Data Centers Off-Grid by 2030
March 12, 2026

AI Grid Constraints Will Push Over 33% of Data Centers Off-Grid by 2030

Brendan Burke, Nick Patience, and Olivier Blanchard, Analysts at Futurum, share their insights on how the power generation gap for AI data centers is forcing a permanent shift to off-grid...

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