Can Europe’s industrial legacy give it an AI advantage? Siemens is betting big on industrial AI—and Europe's manufacturers have the data that could give it an edge. Fortune · Oct 5
ASML turned an old BBC description into a badge of honor as its chipmaking technology took off - why “relatively obscure” is printed on its hoodie ASML has transitioned from being relatively obscure to becoming a key player in the chip technology arena. While it does not manufacture computer chips directly, it produces machines that are critical for their production. These machines, which employ extreme ultraviolet light, require a year to construct and must function in… The Economic Times · Sep 29
The AI Fear That Crushed Accenture Just Created Its Biggest Opportunity. Here’s What The Anthropic Partnership Means. The same fear that cut ACN stock in half just handed Accenture a new paid role as an AI safety evaluator for Anthropic. Barchart · Sep 27
How Taiwan’s ‘silicon shield’ has kept it safe from China, indispensable to US in age of AI The latest meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has once again put Taiwan at the centre of the world's most consequential geopolitical and technology rivalry. The Times of India · Sep 26
Amodei, Altman, and Musk Called for an AI Slowdown. Here’s Why It’s a Warning Sign for ASML Shareholders. Any slowdown in future demand could hit ASML the hardest, since it makes the building blocks of the factories that produce AI chips. Barchart · Sep 19
Chip majors make beeline for Semicon to build wider ecosystem with Indian talent The government has announced the Semicon 2.0 scheme with an incentive of around Rs 1.27 lakh crore or USD 13.5 billion to build the semiconductor ecosystem. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said investment proposals worth USD 12 billion are likely to come under the new scheme for chip production. The Economic Times · Sep 19
Weakness Is an Opportunity for Long-Term ASML Stock Investors ASML wins commitments from Samsung, TSMC for new chipmaking Barchart · Sep 16
Samsung Is Betting On An Alternative To Nvidia. Dutch AI Chip Startup Euclyd Just Raised $231 Million. The Eindhoven-based startup is developing custom silicon and data-center systems aimed at making AI inference less costly and energy-intensive. International Business Times · Sep 15
ASML extends chipmaking dominance as customers embrace High NA Its existing $200 million EUV machines, essential for making advanced AI chips, are all but sold out through 2027, while customers have made a flurry of commitments to adopt its next generation of $400 million High NA tools. The Economic Times · Sep 14
TSMC Smashes Monthly Revenue Record. AI Boom Drives 53% August Surge. TSMC's second-quarter profit jumped more than 77% from the prior year, while the company projected third-quarter revenue between $44.6 billion and $45.8 billion. International Business Times · Sep 10
Intel’s ASML Milestone Gives Investors a New Reason to Revisit the Stock Intel raised enterprise CPU prices 10% and confirmed with ASML that its foundry has processed over one million wafers using High-NA EUV equipment, sending shares up nearly 10%. MarketBeat · Sep 9
3 Stocks Built for Higher Rates—And 2 That Could Break As Treasury yields near 4.79% amid rising rates, analysts argue the borrowing-cost-versus-return spread, not the headline rate, best explains winners like ASML and GE Vernova versus laggards like Oracle and Rocket. MarketBeat · Sep 8
China's EUV technology 'at a similar stage to ASML in 2004,' analyst claims — Beijing's semiconductor industry remains well behind Western rivals Despite rumors, there is no evidence that Chinese makers of lithography tools can produce immersion lithography scanners in quantity. Tom’s Hardware · Sep 2
From Bill Gates to Bernie Sanders, most agree the AI arms race is disastrous. Only Europe can make it stop An EU export ban on Dutch tech giant ASML’s machines could force the pause we all need, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst The Guardian - UK · Sep 1
Barchart · Aug 31 Corning vs. Applied Materials: One Stock Beat the Other by 75 Percentage Points. The Better AI Infrastructure Play Is Clear. Corning and Applied Materials both fuel the AI infrastructure boom, but from opposite ends of the chip supply chain. Here's the stronger buy.
International Business Times · Aug 19 A Dutch Chipmaker's Balancing Act Between Washington And Beijing A US bill would cut Dutch chipmaker ASML off from its Chinese customers and give allies 150 days to comply. The Hague is doing neither.
LiveScience · Aug 13 New 2D memory device stores data on just a single electron Researchers build a new memory device following a single-electron storage breakthrough. It could make transferring data faster and more energy-efficient.
Tom’s Hardware · Aug 12 Samsung Foundry updates process roadmap to move 1.4nm node to 2029 — high-NA EUV will enable 1nm-class and smaller nodes in 2030 and beyond Samsung Foundry has delayed its 1.4nm-class node to 2029, making SF2 one of its longest-lasting process technologies ever. The company also aims to start using High-NA EUV for its 1nm-class process technology in 2030.
MarketBeat · Aug 3 ASML’s Dividend Growth Adds a Quiet Income Angle to Its AI Chip Story ASML raised its interim dividend 17% year-over-year, with a payout ratio below 30%, signaling confidence as sales growth and 2026 guidance remain strong despite China market risks.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 2 Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economy Investors scramble to make sense of a shock Chinese challenge to the dominance of western chipmakers
The Economic Times · Aug 1 India enters the story as China begins to rewrite the chips playbook India and China are pursuing sharply different semiconductor strategies. While China is developing domestic lithography machines to reduce reliance on foreign technology, India is strengthening ties with ASML through Tata Electronics to enter the global semiconductor equipment supply chain. The Tata-ASML discussions could help India build advanced manufacturing capabilities and…
MarketBeat · Jul 31 Everyone’s Focused on China—But That’s Not ASML’s Biggest Risk ASML shares fell after a Chinese rival unveiled DUV lithography machines, but the firm's EUV monopoly, growing backlog, and rising guidance suggest limited near-term threat.
Kiplinger · Jul 29 Dow Drops 1,153 Points as Oil Pops on Fed Day: Stock Market Today Fed Chair Kevin Warsh reassured markets about a resilient economy, but geopolitical uncertainty remains the major factor for most interested parties right now.
International Business Times UK · Jul 29 Micron Technology CEO Sold $37.2M of the Stock Days Before South Korea's KOSPI Crash Micron Technology's stock fell sharply amid a semiconductor sell-off driven by AI spending concerns and Chinese competition, with CEO Sanjay Mehrotra selling shares before the decline.
Fortune · Jul 28 ‘A lot of panic around the AI investment’: How a chip slump is driving the Nasdaq toward correction It’s a chip panic that “appears to be indiscriminate,” analysts say.