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

SkyWater's CEO Letter Redefines the US Foundry Model

SkyWater’s CEO Letter Redefines the US Foundry Model

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines SkyWater’s CEO letter and how it reframes mature nodes and advanced packaging as [...]
Broadcom's DSP Launch Intensifies the AI Optics Race with Marvell

Broadcom’s DSP Launch Intensifies the AI Optics Race with Marvell

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares his analysis of Broadcom's 3nm Taurus BCM83640 400G/lane optical DSP and what it [...]
Can Applied Materials and Micron Crack the Materials Barrier Holding Back HBM?

Can Applied Materials and Micron Crack the Materials Barrier Holding Back HBM?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on the Applied Materials and Micron partnership to co-develop advanced materials engineering [...]
Broadcom Q1 FY 2026 Earnings Driven by XPU Momentum

Broadcom Q1 FY 2026 Earnings Driven by XPU Momentum

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Broadcom’s Q1 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on AI accelerator and networking momentum, expanding [...]
Can Micron’s Modular Memory Upgrade Help NVIDIA’s CPUs Outperform

Can Micron’s Modular Memory Upgrade Help NVIDIA’s CPUs Outperform?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum Research, analyzes Micron's 256GB SOCAMM2 module and its role in NVIDIA's Vera Rubin AI [...]
NVIDIA's $4B Optics Bet Signals Photonics as AI's Next Bottleneck

NVIDIA’s $4B Optics Bet Signals Photonics as AI’s Next Bottleneck

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on NVIDIA's $4 billion investment in Coherent and Lumentum to address the [...]

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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...
AI Workload Priorities Diversify as Enterprises Push Compute Beyond Training
February 25, 2026

AI Workload Priorities Diversify as Enterprises Push Compute Beyond Training

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, reveals that no single AI workload is primary for most enterprises, with inference leading at just 34.6%. The balanced distribution demands workload-optimized processors and...
Can the CPU Market Meet Agentic AI Demand
February 24, 2026

Can the CPU Market Meet Agentic AI Demand?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, unpacks the drivers of the CPU shortage in the data center market. Demand for agentic AI accelerated hyperscaler procurement of CPUs, leading to a...
GPU Alternatives Poised to Outgrow GPUs in 2026
January 26, 2026

GPU Alternatives Poised to Outgrow GPUs in 2026

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes new survey data that enterprise spending on XPUs, a diverse set of AI-specialized accelerators, will outpace GPUs in 2026....

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