Scott Ostfeld, managing partner and portfolio manager with JANA Partners LLC., speaks during the 13D Monitor’s Active-Passive Investor Summit in New York City, U.S., October 17, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Activist investor Jana Partners disclosed in a letter Monday that it has built a “significant” position in semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed and urged the company … Read more
TSMC displayed on a phone screen and microchip and are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on July 19, 2023 Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), posted a surge in monthly revenue in March, as it cashed in on a continuing artificial intelligence boom powered by … Read more
Signage outside Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Jan. 30, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Intel shares closed down 8% on Wednesday after the company disclosed long-awaited financials for its semiconductor manufacturing, or foundry, business, revealing an operating loss of $7 billion in 2023. It was the first time Intel had … Read more
Workers assembles smartphones at Dixon Technologies factory in Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India wants to be among the world’s top five semiconductor producers in the next five years, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of electronics and information technology, railways and communications. The chip industry “is a … Read more
Jensen Huang, president of Nvidia, holding the Grace hopper superchip CPU used for generative AI at the Supermicro keynote presentation during Computex 2023. Walid Berrazeg | Lightrocket | Getty Images Nvidia shares jumped more than 12% in premarket trade on Thursday after the chip giant posted bumper earnings that beat Wall Street estimates. The U.S. … Read more
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Intel shares slumped 12% on Friday for their steepest drop since July 2020, after the chipmaker issued a forecast for the current quarter that came in far short of analysts’ estimates. In its earnings report late Thursday, … Read more
Dutch firm ASML makes one of the most important pieces of machinery required to manufacture the most advanced chips in the world. U.S. chip curbs have left companies, including ASML, scrambling to figure out what the rules mean in practice. Emmanuel Dunand | AFP | Getty Images ASML, which makes machines that are critical to … Read more
