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.

• Company that makes equipment for computer chip manufacturing commits $1.5B in Tualatin, breaks ground on new lab - Oregon Public BroadcastingAug 30, 2026 · OPB · 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 →
• Samsung plans to begin construction on second semiconductor plant in Taylor by end of 2026Aug 2, 2026 · KVUE · 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 →
• Micron bets $10B on US lab to develop memory beyond today’s computing chipsAug 23, 2026 · Interesting Engineering · 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 →
• Tesla advances Austin chip facility as Musk's Texas Terafab takes shapeSep 1, 2026 · statesman · scored 5.10/10 · 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 →
• Intel Starts Shipping High-NA EUV SiliconJul 23, 2026 · morethanmoore.substack.com · scored 5.10/10 · day ranking →
• Exclusive: SK hynix in talks to buy Intel’s Ohio chip campus for U.S. memory productionJul 22, 2026 · Korea JoongAng Daily · scored 5.10/10 · day ranking →
• GlobalWafers outlines US expansion plans at SEMICON Taiwan, eyes $7.5B total investmentSep 2, 2026 · Crypto Briefing · scored 5.05/10 · day ranking →
• Jim Keller's startup is building a factory to mass-produce small chip fabsJul 5, 2026 · tomshardware.com · scored 5.05/10 · day ranking →
• Nvidia, Amkor strike $1.5 billion chip packaging dealJul 24, 2026 · CNA · scored 5.05/10 · day ranking →
• Huawei plans new smartphone chips this fall as rivalry with Nvidia and Apple heats upMay 25, 2026 · CNBC · scored 5.05/10 · day ranking →
• Intel’s 18A-P Pulls in Apple’s Next M Chips While EMIB Reportedly Wins Google TPUv8e As Customer Confidence Amps UpApr 30, 2026 · Wccftech · scored 5.05/10 · day ranking →
• How agentic AI and 'AI physics' are reshaping chip designSep 5, 2026 · Digitimes · scored 5.05/10 · day ranking →
• Gray Celebrates Grand Opening of Wistron's First U.S. Advanced Manufacturing FacilityJul 23, 2026 · PRNewswire · scored 5.05/10 · day ranking →
• Lam Research breaks ground on Oregon lab expansion for AI chip developmentAug 29, 2026 · Digitimes · scored 5.00/10 · day ranking →
• ASML became the chokepoint for cutting-edge chipsApr 28, 2026 · worksinprogress.co · scored 5.00/10 · day ranking →
• Silicon Valley leaders back Micron’s $10B AI memory research effortAug 22, 2026 · The Business Journals · scored 4.95/10 · day ranking →
• Micron and SK hynix Commit Billions to Memory Capacity, but Almost Nothing Lands Before 2028Aug 18, 2026 · Storagereview.com · scored 4.95/10 · day ranking →
• New US-Taiwan partnership targets silicon carbide wafers for faster, cooler 6G chipsJun 2, 2026 · Interesting Engineering · scored 4.95/10 · day ranking →
• Memory chip boss admits RAM prices are 'abnormally high' — SK Group chairman considering building a semiconductor plant in the US to expand supply, calm ‘chipflation’Jul 20, 2026 · Tom's Hardware · scored 4.95/10 · day ranking →
• Nvidia to invest up to $3.2 billion in Corning as part of massive optical fiber deal with 3 new factories focused on AIMay 8, 2026 · CNBC · scored 4.95/10 · day ranking →
• AOI Awarded $20.9M Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund Grant to Advance Manufacturing in Sugar LandApr 30, 2026 · GlobeNewswire · scored 4.95/10 · day ranking →
• Bay City-area semiconductor plant once touted by Biden to shutterJul 21, 2026 · The Detroit News · scored 4.90/10 · day ranking →
• Exclusive: TSMC SoIC deepens AI chipmaker lock-in while Huawei hits process wallJun 2, 2026 · Digitimes · scored 4.90/10 · day ranking →