Spotlight Features

Synaptics is no longer just a touchpad supplier. With Astra and Veros, it’s building a credible edge AI platform — but in 2026, the bigger challenge may be mindshare, messaging, and executive visibility.

Jeff Clarke is taking over Dell’s PC business as the company tries to reverse years of drift, restore the XPS halo, and compete in an AI era where fundamentals still win.

At CES, Lenovo broke from industry incrementalism by outlining a unified AI roadmap that connects personal devices, data centers, and orchestration — positioning itself as a strategic leader, not just a hardware vendor.

AMD’s 2025 performance points to a shift from chips to platforms. CES 2026 reinforced execution, but this year's deployments will determine whether that strategy holds.

Nemotron 3 shows how Nvidia is using open models, tooling, and data to turn raw compute into deployable intelligence and reinforce its full-stack AI strategy.

Nvidia’s valuation relies heavily on CUDA, but new compiler technology from Spectral Compute could open the door to broader hardware choice and shift dynamics in the AI market.

OpenAI’s Sora shows how cinematic worlds can be created with a prompt instead of a production crew. The realism is striking, but the implications for labor, ethics, and Hollywood are even more profound.

AMD’s $9.2B quarter shows how disciplined leadership—not hype—is letting the company pressure Intel and exploit Nvidia’s power gaps as it reshapes enterprise AI strategy.

AMD’s 2025 Financial Analyst Day marked a shift from chasing Nvidia to leading on openness and scale, positioning the company as a long-term platform power in data center and AI computing.

Nvidia leads AI today, but open-source challengers and custom chips are rapidly shifting the balance of power in accelerated computing.

Intel’s Q3 report shows disciplined execution, strategic investment, and rising support from government and industry partners, signaling real momentum in its turnaround.

Lenovo’s unified AI ecosystem across phone, PC, and cloud exposes Dell’s AI pitch as device-bound marketing, positioning Lenovo as the more credible leader in the next era of computing.

AMD’s sweeping partnership with OpenAI goes beyond GPU supply. With a six-gigawatt buildout and the Helios rack-scale platform, AMD is redefining power, scale, and trust in the next era of AI data center infrastructure.

Google and Qualcomm are pushing Android PCs into the mainstream, aiming to reshape personal computing by scaling the dominant mobile OS to desktops and challenging Microsoft and Apple.