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TSMC’s U.S. Fab Push Hits Geopolitical Crossfire as Export Controls Tighten
The world’s most advanced chipmaker faces mounting pressure from both Washington and Beijing as its Arizona fab ramps production — and the calculus of global semiconductor supply just got a lot more complicated.
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Samsung Foundry Loses Ground as Yield Woes Hamper 3nm Ramp — and Clients Start Looking at TSMC
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Mitch Ashley
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ASML's EUV Backlog Hits Record $48B — and the Waiting List Has Nations, Not Just Companies
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Ron Westfall
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Camberley Bates
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Expert in memory architectures, HBM economics, and storage-class memory. Tracks SK Hynix, Micron, Samsung memory roadmaps closely.
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Keith Kirkpatrick
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FAB & MANUFACTURING
Intel Foundry’s Last Stand: How Pat Gelsinger’s Successor Plans to Win Back TSMC Defectors
The new Intel CEO is betting everything on 18A process technology and a radically restructured foundry business model. The window to prove it works is narrow.
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MEMORY & STORAGE
HBM4 Is Coming. Here’s Why the Memory Market Will Never Be the Same Again
High-bandwidth memory is no longer a niche AI component — it’s becoming the defining bottleneck in the entire compute stack. The economics are shifting fast.
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AI SILICON
Custom Silicon Is Winning: What Google, Microsoft, and Amazon Know That Intel Doesn’t
The hyperscaler in-house chip movement isn’t a threat to NVIDIA — it’s a threat to the entire merchant silicon model that built Intel’s empire.
WHAT THE ANALYSTS ARE SAYING
The CHIPS Act was necessary. But subsidies don’t manufacture engineers. That’s the real 10-year problem.
Ron Westfall · Feb 26, 2026
NVIDIA’s software moat is more durable than its hardware lead. Any challenger ignoring ROCm’s progress does so at their peril.
Mitch Ashley · Feb 24, 2026
Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is the ultimate insurance policy against global conflict — which is exactly why it’s a target.
Camberley Bates · Feb 22, 2026
HBM pricing will peak in Q3 2026. The memory market always overshoots. Position accordingly.
Keith Kirkpatrick · Feb 20, 2026
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