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Trump says tariffs would have stopped Taiwan’s semiconductor boom — but the history of TSMC tells a far more American story.
ASML expects to see the first products created on the company's new High-NA machines within months, the chief executive of the world's top computer chip equipment maker, Christophe Fouquet, said on Tuesday. The tool will bring down costs for patterning, or creating the circuitry of the most advanced chips, for both logic and memory applications, Fouquet said, speaking at a conference in Belgium organised by research firm imec. Fouquet's remarks come weeks after top customer TSMC said High-NA tools, which can cost up to $400 million each, were too expensive.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said he "should have asked for more" of a stake in Intel on behalf of the U.S. government, in an interview with Fortune magazine published on Monday. (Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Alex Richardson)
Investing.com -- Emerging market (EM) equities are poised for a significant rally in the second half of the year, driven by attractive valuations, a projected reversal in hawkish central bank policies, and economic signs of recovery in China, according to a research note released by JPMorgan.
Applied Materials reports earnings Thursday as investors look for signs that AI-driven chip spending can outweigh slowing sales growth in China.
Applied Materials Stock in Focus Ahead of Key AI-Driven Earnings Test
SK Hynix is on the verge of topping a $1 trillion market value, just weeks after Samsung Electronics crossed the milestone, as strong demand for artificial intelligence places South Korea at the heart of Asia's AI boom. SK Hynix shares have risen more than 200% this year, after rising an eye-watering 274% in 2025, driven by AI-related demand for both conventional memory chips and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in AI servers. If SK Hynix joins Samsung above the trillion-dollar threshold, South Korea would become the first country outside the United States to have more than one trillion-dollar company.
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, expects the global semiconductor market to exceed $1.5 trillion by 2030, topping its previous forecast of $1 trillion, according to its presentation materials ahead of a tech symposium on Thursday. • AI and high-performance computing are expected to account for 55% of the $1.5 trillion market, followed by smartphones with 20%, and automotive applications with 10%, according to TSMC. • TSMC said it has been expanding capacity at a faster pace in 2025 and 2026 and plans to build nine phases of wafer fabs and advanced packaging facilities in 2026.
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, expects the global semiconductor market to exceed $1.5 trillion by 2030, topping its previous forecast of $1 trillion, according to its presentation materials ahead of a tech symposium on Thursday. • AI and high-performance computing are expected to account for 55% of the $1.5 trillion market, followed by smartphones with 20%, and automotive applications with 10%, according to TSMC. • TSMC said it has been expanding capacity at a faster pace in 2025 and 2026 and plans to build nine phases of wafer fabs and advanced packaging facilities in 2026.
Microsoft Meta Platforms Alphabet and Amazon.com collectively plan capital spending of $725 billion this year, much of it on artificial-intelligence chips. But that is another good reason for TSMC to spend.
Apple and Intel have reached a preliminary agreement for Intel to manufacture some of the chips that power the iPhone maker's devices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Intensive talks between the two companies have been underway for more than a year, and they hammered out a formal deal in recent months, the report said. Apple shares were up about 2%, while Intel's stock extended gains and was last up about 14%.
The majority Sony-owned venture will set up production lines in Kumamoto Prefecture, with potential Japanese government backing
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co and Sony Semiconductor Solutions said on Friday they plan to form a new joint venture in Japan to develop and manufacture next-generation image sensors. The venture will combine Sony’s sensor design expertise with TSMC’s manufacturing and process technology strengths, deepening a long-standing partnership of the two companies. It will be majority-owned by Sony, and will set up development and production lines in the Japanese company's new fabrication plant in Koshi City in the Kumamoto region.
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Investing.com -- Semiconductor equipment giant ASML is expected to benefit more from strong demand for existing EUV lithography systems than from the industry’s next-generation High-NA technology over the next several years, according to a new research report from BofA Securities.
Samsung reaches $1 trillion market cap on booming demand for high-bandwidth memory for AI.
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The South Korean company is only the second Asian company with a market valuation above $1 trillion, aside from TSMC.
Atomera (NASDAQ:ATOM) executives said the company made progress across several customer engagements during its first-quarter 2026 earnings call, highlighting momentum in advanced logic, memory, RF, power devices, and gallium nitride (GaN) applications for its Mears Silicon Technology (MST). Gate-Al
Apple has held exploratory discussions about using Intel and Samsung Electronics to produce the main processors for its devices, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the deliberations. Apple executives have made visits to a Samsung plant under development in Texas and, separately, also held preliminary talks with Intel about enlisting the company's chipmaking services, Bloomberg reported. While the move would offer Apple a secondary option beyond its longtime partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the iPhone-maker is also concerned about using non-TSMC technology, the report said, citing worries about reliability and scale.
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Moby summary of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation's Q1 2026 earnings call
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Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) opened 2026 with first-quarter results that management said were in line with the financial guidance issued in February, supported by higher transmission revenue, weather-driven demand, and continued customer growth in Arizona. Management points to Arizona growth an