Germany's Infineon opens major chip plant as EU seeks tech autonomy
German semiconductor giant Infineon opened a five-billion-euro ($5.7 billion) microchip plant Thursday as Europe seeks to bolster its high-tech autonomy.
Jul 2, 2026
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AI semiconductor industry refers to the global ecosystem that designs, fabricates, and supplies integrated circuits optimized for artificial intelligence workloads, including GPUs, accelerators, and advanced memory. The domain spans foundries, device makers, and equipment suppliers, and is strongly shaped by trade policy, export controls, and industrial investment strategies in the United States, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Singapore. Key issues include capacity expansion, technology node scaling, supply shortages, and the geopolitical fragmentation of semiconductor value chains.
Electronics & Semiconductors
German semiconductor giant Infineon opened a five-billion-euro ($5.7 billion) microchip plant Thursday as Europe seeks to bolster its high-tech autonomy.
Jul 2, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
In the race between the U.S. and China to develop artificial intelligence, the battle over hardware and computing power is heating up as Chinese companies like Huawei overtake global industry leaders like Nvidia in their ...
Jun 29, 2026
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Business
Huge demand for the components that power artificial intelligence presents South Korea with an opportunity to bolster its chip industry against rivals such as China, analysts say.
Jun 29, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
American memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology on Wednesday reported record quarterly results, driven by demand from data centers dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI).
Jun 25, 2026
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Business
Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that demand for memory chips from the artificial intelligence boom will force the tech giant to increase the prices of its products, according to an interview with The Wall Street Journal ...
Jun 18, 2026
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Business
Jensen Huang's company Nvidia makes the computer chips that unleashed a revolution in artificial intelligence. Now he's wagering that an AI buildout can revive U.S. manufacturing, pushing past limits facing science and society.
Jun 16, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
From laptops designed for the artificial intelligence era to advances in robotics and sky-high tech shares, here are five hot topics at Taipei's huge Computex trade show:
Jun 3, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Runaway profits and sky-high valuations for microchip companies have fueled worker demands over pay packages in South Korea, raising the question: who profits from the artificial intelligence boom?
May 28, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
The market value of South Korean memory chipmaker SK hynix soared past $1 trillion on Wednesday, fueled by frenzied global demand for the computing hardware that powers artificial intelligence tools—a surge that also carried ...
May 27, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Monday it had developed a new way of making semiconductors that could get around its US-enforced lack of access to the most advanced chipmaking equipment.
May 25, 2026
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