The Latest Breaking News from Semiconductor

Eight major Japanese firms have established a new company to produce next-generation semiconductors in Japan by the end of the decade.

Japan is investing 70 billion yen ($490 million) to beef up semiconductor development and production, setting up a consortium that brings together Toyota, Sony and other major companies

President Joe Biden is set to tour a southern California communications company that is expected to benefit from his legislative push to bolster American semiconductor manufacturing

DETROIT — The maker of Jeep SUVs and Ram pickup trucks on Thursday said its revenues increased 29% year-over-year in the third quarter as shipments rose by 13% amid improvement in the semiconductor shortage.

As the peak season for the third quarter gets underway, several semiconductor companies have released their earnings reports and investors await reports from other major firms.

Policy leaders in Big Tech have revved up a push for Congress to pass immigration changes before the end of the year, with a pitch aligning those policies to the national security concerns that sparked a recently enacted science and technology funding law.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Despite the current blip in demand, the semiconductor industry is poised to benefit from the megatrend of digitization and rising disposable income. Furthermore, growing corporate investments and government support should drive the industry’s growth. Thus, fundamentally sound semiconductor stocks Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Qualcomm (QCOM), and STMicroelectronics (STM) could be…

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) was trading up over 5% on Monday, rebounding from a bearish day on Friday, which dropped the ETF over 11%.