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Lam Research forecast quarterly revenue and earnings substantially above expectations as AI investment increased chip-equipment demand.

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Intel's stock is surging while the rest of the chip sector sits flat, and the reasons behind that split tell a much bigger story about where the semiconductor race is actually headed.

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A major revelation from foundry giant TSMC suggests Intel could deliver stronger-than-expected results and guidance.

TSMC stock jumped on a report that the semiconductor manufacturing giant is planning to raise prices in 2027.

The parabolic AI trade has sent many chip stocks to the moon, as investors have bet that hyperscalers such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta will continue to aggressively expand AI capital expenditures. However, the rally now faces significant headwinds, with valuation and revenue sustainability concerns resurfacing amid rising competition from cheaper Chinese models. The […]

Micron just posted one of the most explosive quarters in semiconductor history, yet the stock has cratered nearly 14% in a single week as three distinct threats converge on the memory giant. Whether this selloff is a gift or a warning depends entirely on which scenario plays out next.

Chip stocks trimmed losses on Friday as investors bought the dip despite AI jitters.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (ADR) (NYSE:TSM) posted a 77% jump in second-quarter net profit and raised its capital spending forecast for the year, as the world's largest contract chipmaker rides sustained demand for AI processors. Net profit came in at $22.36 billion for the...

Investing.com -- U.S. stock index futures were mixed on Thursday as investors weighed lingering Middle East tensions, and focused on corporate earnings and further signs that U.S. inflationary pressures are easing.

The world’s largest contract chip maker posted its fifth straight quarter of record earnings amid voracious global appetite for artificial-intelligence infrastructure.

TSMC, the world's largest ‌contract chipmaker, posted ‌a 77% jump in second-quarter ​net profit on Thursday, beating market forecasts and hitting a record, ‌riding ⁠the wave of surging global demand for ⁠its artificial intelligence processors. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ​Co, whose ​customers ​include Nvidia and ‌Apple, saw April-June net profit rise to T$706.6 billion ($21.99 billion). The profit handily beat a T$632.6 ‌billion LSEG ​SmartEstimate, which ​is ​weighted toward forecasts ‌from analysts who are ​more ​consistently accurate.

TSMC, the world's largest manufacturer of advanced AI chips, is expected to ‌notch a fifth consecutive quarter of record earnings on Thursday, with a ‌59% surge in net profit for April-June, driven by booming global demand for AI infrastructure. Analysts ​said demand for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's (TSMC) 3-nanometre and 2-nanometre process technologies for AI chips, as well as for its advanced chip packaging technology, CoWoS, remains strong. TSMC is ⁠expected to report net profit of T$632.6 billion ($19.65 billion) for the second quarter, according to an LSEG SmartEstimate compiled from 18 analysts.

ASML’s plans to hike prices on its tools are already drawing pushback from its largest customer, TSMC, The Information reported.

Intel reports earnings on July 23, and something unusual is happening ahead of that print: prediction markets, insider activity, and a major rival's capital are all pointing in the same direction at once.

The chipmaker's June sales hit a record NT$442.68 billion, pushing second-quarter revenue above the top end of its own guidance

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported a 35.6% increase in revenue during the first-half of 2026, and of 68% in June, highlighting continued strong demand for AI chips ahead of the firm's full second-quarter earnings report later this week.View on euronews

Broadcom (AVGO) will develop custom microchips for Apple's (AAPL) products under an expanded partner

Investing.com -- Mizuho Securities Asia raised its forecast for TSMC's monthly CoWoS packaging capacity to 140,000 units by 2026 and 190,000–200,000 units by 2027, up from prior estimates of 120,000 and 170,000–180,000 respectively, as a sharply upgraded outlook for AI-driven server CPU demand forces a broad revision to the firm's semiconductor supply model.

IBM (IBM) hasn’t built a commercial computer chip of its own in nearly a decade. On Thursday, June 25, the company said its research labs had cracked something the rest of the chip industry hasn’t managed yet. The breakthrough has nothing to do with software, and everything to do with one tiny ...

The chip maker can get its mojo back, but it must overcome technical challenges that have dogged it in the past.

(Bloomberg) -- Andy Cheng is 26, unemployed and, with the help of a little borrowed money, the proud owner of $60,000 worth of Taiwanese tech stocks. And in many ways, he speaks for the entire island of 23 million people when he doles out the following advice: “Buy any stock and you will make money.”AI mania has gripped any number of stock markets across the globe in recent months — South Korea, China, the US — but perhaps nowhere is at it as frenzied as here in Taiwan, the No. 1 producer of the

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Intel's up over 10% as Trump touts a new deal to produce chips in the U.S. with Apple.

Intel stock jumped after U.S. President Donald Trump said Apple has reached a chip manufacturing deal with Intel.

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U.S. Iran Agreement Eases Pressure Across Chip Stocks

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