Semiconductor News

How chips get made: process nodes, lithography, advanced packaging, fab capacity, and foundry economics. From TSMC and Intel roadmaps to CHIPS Act build-outs in Arizona, Ohio, and Texas, this hub collects every manufacturing story our AI editor has scored and ranked.

• Silicon Valley leaders back Micron’s $10B AI memory research effortAug 21, 2026 · The Business Journals · scored 5.60/10 · day ranking →
• Drone flyover reveals rapid progress at Elon Musk’s new ATCF chip fab — Texas site prepares for all-in-one logic, memory, and packaging facilityAug 4, 2026 · Tom's Hardware · scored 5.60/10 · day ranking →
• SpaceX To Build $16.8B Semiconductor Plant In Texas, Creating 3,000 JobsAug 10, 2026 · Dallas Express · scored 5.55/10 · day ranking →
• Intel’s U.S. Advanced Packaging Enables Next-Generation AI SemiconductorsJul 31, 2026 · Intel Newsroom · scored 5.55/10 · day ranking →
• GlobalFoundries signs letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for a $300 million award to accelerate U.S. silicon photonics leadershipJul 30, 2026 · GlobeNewswire · scored 5.55/10 · day ranking →
• Intel Starts Shipping High-NA EUV SiliconJul 22, 2026 · morethanmoore.substack.com · scored 5.50/10 · day ranking →
• Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions more U.S. chipsJul 8, 2026 · apple.com · scored 5.50/10 · day ranking →
• Germany opens world’s largest power semiconductor fab with massive $5.7B investmentJul 4, 2026 · Interesting Engineering · scored 5.50/10 · day ranking →
• Micron's mega US expansion: Is the stock poised for more upside?Jul 11, 2026 · Economictimes.com · scored 5.50/10 · day ranking →
• Nvidia commits $1.5B to Amkor to expand US chip packagingJul 25, 2026 · The Next Web · scored 5.45/10 · day ranking →
• Micron Pours First Foundations for $100B CampusJul 10, 2026 · Construction Equipment Guide · scored 5.45/10 · day ranking →
• Nvidia, Corning partner on massive optical fiber deal that may be a game changer for AIMay 7, 2026 · CNBC · scored 5.45/10 · day ranking →
• TSMC pledges another $100bn to expand US production in ArizonaJul 16, 2026 · BBC · scored 5.40/10 · day ranking →
• NEW: Micron, Apple Pledge Hundreds of BILLIONS of Dollars in US Investment – Trump: “BIGGER INVESTMENTS JUST KEEP COMING! The Trump Effect is REAL”Jul 12, 2026 · Thegatewaypundit.com · scored 5.40/10 · day ranking →
• IBM Spins Off the First Pure-Play Quantum Chip FoundryMay 25, 2026 · futurumgroup.com · scored 5.40/10 · day ranking →
• Bosch begins sample production at its first US semiconductor plantJul 14, 2026 · Yahoo Entertainment · scored 5.40/10 · day ranking →
• TSMC projects 70% annual growth in 2nm capacity through 2028Apr 29, 2026 · The Times of India · scored 5.35/10 · day ranking →
• Exclusive: SK hynix in talks to buy Intel’s Ohio chip campus for U.S. memory productionJul 23, 2026 · Korea JoongAng Daily · scored 5.35/10 · day ranking →
• Apple, Broadcom pledge at least $30B to produce more US chipsJul 10, 2026 · Manufacturingdive.com · scored 5.35/10 · day ranking →
• The RAM shortage could last yearsApr 19, 2026 · The Verge · scored 5.35/10 · day ranking →
• Intel to invest €5bn in Leixlip campusJul 14, 2026 · The Irish Times · scored 5.30/10 · day ranking →
• Intel becomes the first company to ship high-volume logic chips made with ASML's High NA EUV — select Panther Lake layers on 18A are now dual-qualified for 0.55 NA scannersJul 16, 2026 · Tom's Hardware · scored 5.30/10 · day ranking →
• Hamadeh Praises $100 Billion TSMC Expansion In ArizonaJul 22, 2026 · AZ FREE NEWS · scored 5.30/10 · day ranking →
• Samsung plans to begin construction on second semiconductor plant in Taylor by end of 2026Aug 1, 2026 · KVUE · scored 5.25/10 · day ranking →
• Jim Keller's startup is building a factory to mass-produce small semiconductor fabs —Atomic Semi rebrands as 'Fab2' underlining intended role as a 'fab fab'Jul 7, 2026 · Tom's Hardware · scored 5.25/10 · day ranking →
• SpaceX may spend up to $119B on ‘Terafab’ chip factory in TexasMay 8, 2026 · TechCrunch · scored 5.25/10 · day ranking →
• Tower Semiconductor revives shuttered Panasonic-era fab in $3 billion Japan photonics expansion — METI-backed plan targets $3.6 billion revenue by 2028Jul 17, 2026 · Tom's Hardware UK · scored 5.25/10 · day ranking →
• New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUsApr 21, 2026 · Ars Technica · scored 5.25/10 · day ranking →
• Micron boosts U.S. investment plan again, commits $250 billion through 2035Jul 10, 2026 · Yahoo Entertainment · scored 5.20/10 · day ranking →
• TSMC’s Massive $265B Phoenix Expansion: Job Boom or Water Crisis?Jul 23, 2026 · AZ Family · scored 5.20/10 · day ranking →
• Germany’s Infineon opens major chip plant as EU seeks tech autonomyJul 2, 2026 · rfi.fr · scored 5.15/10 · day ranking →
• From Promise to Progress: Governor Hochul Celebrates Groundbreaking of Micron’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility in Central New YorkMay 26, 2026 · Governor Kathy Hochul (.gov) · scored 5.15/10 · day ranking →
• Taiwan Semiconductor Pumps Billions Into Next-Gen Chips, Arizona Growth And Bigger PayoutsMay 14, 2026 · Yahoo Finance · scored 5.15/10 · day ranking →
• Bosch’s first US semiconductor plant begins 200 mm silicon carbide chip productionJul 15, 2026 · Interesting Engineering · scored 5.10/10 · day ranking →
• $20M state grant to fuel semiconductor expansion in Sugar Land, create 500 jobsMay 1, 2026 · Click2Houston · scored 5.10/10 · day ranking →
• SpaceX and Tesla to Build Natural Gas Plants and Battery Arrays for $16.8 Billion Texas Chip FactoryAug 9, 2026 · Ghacks Technology News · scored 5.10/10 · day ranking →