Richard Gordon

Vice President & Practice Lead, Semiconductors

Richard Gordon is Vice President & Practice Lead, Semiconductors for The Futurum Group. He has been involved in the semiconductor industry for more than 30 years, first in engineering and then in technology and market research, industry analysis, and business advisory.

For many years, Richard led Gartner’s Semiconductor and Electronics practice, building a 20-person global team covering all aspects of semiconductor industry research, from manufacturing to chip markets and end applications. Having served on Gartner’s Senior Research Board and as Gartner’s Chief Forecaster, Richard has extensive experience in developing and implementing methodologies for market sizing, share and forecasting, to deliver data, analysis and insights about the competitive landscape, technology roadmaps, and market growth drivers.

Richard is a sought-after technology industry analyst, both as a trusted advisor to clients and also as an expert commentator speaking at industry events and appearing on live TV shows such as CNBC.

Recent Insights, NEWS & RESEARCH:

Q1 FY 2025 Results Show Intel Maintaining Topline but Facing Margin Pressure
Richard Gordon and Daniel Newman explore Intel’s Q1 FY 2025 results, highlighting flat revenue, margin challenges, and CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s early turnaround actions.
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead for Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, analyses the 1H 2025 AI Chipsets and Accelerators for Data Centers decision maker survey, which highlights trends and priorities driving spending on AI Data Center upgrades.
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead for Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on how deglobalization of the hyper-globalized semiconductor supply chain is underway, prompted by single-point-of-failure vulnerabilities.
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.
Custom Arm Neoverse V2 Chip Posts Gains in AI, HPC, and General Compute Across C4A VMs
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead, Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, unpacks Google Axion’s strong benchmarks across AI, HPC, and cloud workloads, showing how Google’s custom Arm CPU could reshape enterprise infrastructure.
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead for Semiconductors at Futurum Group, analyses the 4Q 2024 market for AI Chipsets in data Centers which saw another quarter of sequential growth driven by surging demand for high-performance AI compute solutions.