by Karl Freund | Feb 26, 2026 | Video
Silicon Futures is a neXt Curve reThink Podcast series on AI and semiconductor tech and the industry topics that matter. In this episode, Leonard, Karl and Jim talk about some of the top headlines from February of 2026. ➡️ NVIDIA’s earnings results for Q4 FY26...
by Karl Freund | Nov 12, 2025 | In the News
With so much focus on inference processing, it is easy to overlook the AI training market, which continues to drive gigawatts of AI computing capacity. The latest benchmarks show that the training of AI models, an immense investment in power and compute, continues to...
by Karl Freund | Oct 6, 2025 | In the News
AMD just won the biggest AI deal in the company’s history, with OpenAI entering a definitive agreement to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs, with the first gigawatt of capacity powered by AMD Instinct MI450 series GPUs set to start in the second half of 2026. The...
by Karl Freund | Sep 25, 2025 | In the News
Snapdragon sponsored my trip to Maui to see the new hardware being announced at the annual Snapdragon Summit in Maui. Qualcomm has rolled out new Snapdragon 8 for mobile and X2 Elite for Laptops that take on the competition with faster performance and lower power than...
by Karl Freund | Sep 9, 2025 | In the News
In an industry-first, Nvidia has announced a new GPU, the Rubin CPX, to offload the compute-intensive “context processing” off another GPU. Yep, now, for some AI, you will need two GPUs to achieve maximize performance and profit. I would be surprised if the...
