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Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, reported Thursday that its second-quarter operating profit rose 27% year over year, on the strength of its growing artificial intelligence server business.

Intel (INTC) stock jumped more than 3% in premarket trading on Tuesday after CEO Lip-Bu Tan met with President Trump, who had called for Tan’s resignation last week.

Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices have agreed to give the U.S. government a share of revenues from certain chips sold in China, the Financial Times reported, in an unprecedented arrangement with the White House.

Micron Technology on Monday raised its forecast for fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted profit, due to surging demand for its memory chips used in artificial intelligence infrastructure, sending its shares up 5% before the bell.

Intel shares were under pressure Thursday after President Donald Trump called for the chipmaker’s CEO to resign immediately.  Intel dropped in the premarket on the back of that post, last trading 5% lower.

Advanced Micro Devices reported quarterly earnings on Tuesday that missed estimates. The stock slid about 5% in extended trading.

The production process that Intel (INTC.O), hoped would pave the way to winning manufacturing deals and restore its edge in churning out high-end, high-margin chips is facing a big hurdle on quality as it puts newer technologies to the test, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said on Tuesday that it had detected “unauthorized activities” that led to the discovery of potential trade secret leaks.

ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:ON) reported lower second-quarter earnings on Monday, as weaker margins and slower revenue weighed on results, though management pointed to early signs of demand stabilization.

While Nvidia has been given assurances by Washington that it will be allowed to resume exports of its made-for-China H20 general processing units, the AI chips’ return may be met with increased scrutiny from Beijing.

Tesla has selected Samsung to manufacture some of its artificial-intelligence chips. The decision is moving a lot of stocks early Monday, including shares of the electric-vehicle maker.

Intel reported second-quarter results on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations on revenue, as the company’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced significant cuts in chip factory construction. The stock fell about 5% in extended trading.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing reported a record profit for the second quarter as robust chip demand for artificial-intelligence applications held up despite currency headwinds and uncertainty about U.S. tariff policy.

ASML on Wednesday warned of the possibility of no growth in 2026, even as it beat top and bottom line expectations for the second quarter.

Nvidia is back in China. In a stunning turn of events, the chip maker said it expects to soon be able to sell its H20 AI chip in the country, sending shares sharply higher.

A Singapore court on Friday adjourned a case against three men charged with fraud by making false representations to unnamed server suppliers until Aug 22.

The latest version of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” could make it cheaper for semiconductor manufacturers to build plants in the U.S. as Washington continues its efforts to strengthen its domestic chip supply chain.

Micron reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday and issued a forecast that also topped analysts’ estimates. The stock initially popped in extended trading before paring most of its gains.

Nvidia is investing in a nuclear company founded by Bill Gates, marking an acceleration in the tech industry’s race to get the nuclear industry off the ground.

SandboxAQ, an artificial intelligence startup spun out of Alphabet’s Google and backed by Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab, on Wednesday released a trove of data it hopes will speed up the discovery of new medical treatments by helping scientists understand how drugs stick to proteins.