The Latest Breaking News from Semiconductor

The Street-high price target suggests Micron has much more room to run.

Semiconductors power nearly every aspect of modern life – cars, smartphones, medical devices and even national defense systems. These tiny but essential components make the information age possible, whether they’re supporting lifesaving hospital equipment or facilitating the latest advances in artificial intelligence.

Lip-Bu Tan has a degree in physics, a masters in nuclear engineering, and won the semiconductor industry's top award, the Robert N. Noyce award.

7 GHz-plus computing here we come...?

While Trump has recommended legislators revoke the CHIPS and Science Act, it's unlikely to happen and the government is obliged to distribute $39 billion grants by September 2026. But if it did happen, analysts say it could dramatically shrink the US chip production market share.

Although the president has said he wants to “get rid of” the act, Rep. Michael McCaul and Sen. John Cornyn say it supports jobs and national security.

Despite Microchip Technology's underperformance relative to its industry peers over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a moderately optimistic outlook on the stock’s prospects.

A Relative Strength Rating upgrade for Lattice Semiconductor shows improving technical performance.

Samsung has signed an agreement with China’s YMTC to use its bonding technology in the production of 400-layer NAND flash memory.