InsightNXP Tech Days: Can Physical AI Reference Designs Solidify the Neural Axis?Brendan Burke and Olivier Blanchard, Research Directors at Futurum, share their insights from NXP Tech Days Silicon Valley, where reference designs from humanoid hands to a four-board MCX A5 networking demo gave NXP’s neural axis architecture production weight.Brendan Burke, Olivier Blanchard·August 28, 2026
InsightCan NXP MCX A5 MCUs Secure the Industrial Edge Before Agentic Attackers Arrive?Brendan Burke and Olivier Blanchard, Research Directors at Futurum, share their insights on why NXP’s MCX A5, the first MCU to combine a 10BASE-T1S digital PHY, topology discovery, and post-quantum cryptography, gives industrial defenders a head start on agentic attacks.Brendan Burke, Olivier Blanchard·August 20, 2026
InsightNXP Breaks Ground in Malaysia: Is Internal Test a Moat for Edge AI Margins?NXP’s 500,000-square-foot Malaysia expansion doubles internal test capacity, enabling DDR memory validation that differentiates i.MX processors and protects margins in the competitive edge AI market.Brendan Burke·August 13, 2026