Tag: Semiconductors

Marvell Technology posted earnings results and gave financial guidance slightly above Wall Street expectations. But after the stock’s big rally this year, investors were likely hoping for more upside.

Nvidia issued a fresh warning that further U.S. export curbs on its chips to China would risk a “permanent loss” for American semiconductor firms to lead in one of the world’s largest markets.

Arm, which is owned by SoftBank, filed on Monday to list on the Nasdaq.

A group of Silicon Valley’s biggest private tech companies are dusting off long-delayed plans to list their shares, with the upcoming initial public offering of chip designer Arm set to provide a new gauge for market sentiment.

Semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials  on Thursday forecast its fourth-quarter profit would be substantially higher than analyst estimates, as chip demand picks up and governments spend billions on subsidies.

Wolfspeed shares dropped after the chip company said its next loss would be wider than expected. 

Intel on Wednesday terminated its acquisition of Israeli chipmaker Tower Semiconductor, saying it failed to secure the required regulatory approval.

Shares of Coherent Corp. tumbled 17% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the optoelectronics company issued a weaker-than-expected outlook for the quarter and year ahead.

Intel and Synopsys announced on Monday that the two companies have agreed to expand a strategic partnership in which Intel’s foundry customers will be able to license intellectual property from Synopsys.

Foxconn , which makes Apple  iPhones, reported a decline in profits in the second quarter, but still managed to beat expectations.

Apple (AAPL.O) and Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) will invest in SoftBank Group (9984.T)-owned chip designer Arm at its initial public offering (IPO), expected in September, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday.

AMD
reported a revenue decline of 18% in its fiscal second-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, but still topped estimates for sales and profit.

Intel reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday, showing a return to profitability after two straight quarters of losses and issuing a stronger-than-expected forecast.

Texas Instruments provided a revenue forecast for the September quarter slightly below expectations, citing weak demand.

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TSMC plans to invest almost $90 billion New Taiwan dollars (about $2.87 billion) in an advanced chip packaging plant in Taiwan to capitalize on the artificial intelligence boom.

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TSMC reported revenue slipped 10% from a year ago to NT$480.84 billion, while net income fell 23.3% from a year ago to NT$181.8 billion.

ASML, one of the world’s most important semiconductor equipment firm, posted a jump in revenue and profit in the second quarter, but warned of macroeconomic “uncertainties” ahead.

US-sanctioned giant likely to produce 5G chips domestically
Chips expected to use Huawei EDA tools and SMIC production
Semiconductors could have relatively low yield rate of 50%

U.S. chipmaker Broadcom secured EU antitrust approval on Wednesday for its $61 billion proposed acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware.

FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) – In a friendly market environment for European technology stocks, shares of Infineon and Aixtron stood out on Wednesday. While Infineon gained 3.2 percent to 37.60 euros, Aixtron rose 4.6 percent to 29.60 euros. They benefited from a positive analyst comment. The industry heavyweights STMicroelectronics and ASML also made significant gains.