Shanghai Aishengna Technology plans to ship five domestic immersion DUV lithography machines this year, marking a step in China's effort to reduce reliance on Dutch giant ASML amid US-led export contr…
China has commenced mass production of deep ultraviolet (DUV) chipmaking tools, intensifying a sell-off in AI and semiconductor stocks as market participants reassess the global competitive landscape.…
Samsung Electronics reported Q2 2026 operating profit of 89.4 trillion won ($59 billion), up 1,810% year-over-year, yet its shares fell nearly 7% as a Chinese lithography breakthrough, a hawkish Feder…
The S&P ASX 200 futures were down 0.3% at 7am Sydney time on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, pointing to a weak start for the Australian market. The drag came from a 2% fall in the US key chips index and a 5%…
ASML shares fell more than 8% on Monday after a report that a state-backed Chinese company in Shanghai has begun mass-producing its own immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines, threateni…
Wall Street stängde runt nollan på måndagen efter en svajig handelsdag, där S&P 500 höll sig kring noll och Nasdaq Composite backade 0,2 procent. Bland halvledar- och AI-bolagen sågs stora ras: ASML b…
Nvidia stock fell 4% on Monday, leading chip stocks lower amid renewed concerns about circular financing after reports that the company may backstop $250 billion in funding for OpenAI to lease computi…
A state-backed Shanghai company has begun mass-producing China's first homegrown immersion DUV lithography machines, with about five units expected this year for SMIC, Hua Hong, and CXMT, and roughly …
A state-backed Shanghai company broke ASML's lithography monopoly by producing advanced chip-making machines, spooking AI stocks and dragging the S&P 500 lower on Monday. Bitcoin slipped below $64,600…
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) surged as much as 472% on its Shanghai debut Monday, reaching a market value of 3.31 trillion yuan ($489 billion) and becoming the most valuable company listed on m…
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) raised 57.9 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) in its Shanghai STAR Market debut on July 27, becoming Asia's largest IPO of 2026 and the biggest listing in STAR Market his…
European AI-related stocks fell on Friday after a broad selloff in the sector on U.S. exchanges, with ST Microelectronics, Infineon, and ASML declining between 1.0% and 2.0%. Software company SAP surg…
Chinese memory chip maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) ejected engineers from SiCarrier, a Huawei-linked chipmaking-equipment vendor, from its R&D cleanrooms in Hefei last month amid a pricing …
Samsung Electronics is in talks to invest up to €1 billion in Mistral AI at a valuation of approximately €20 billion, according to a Financial Times report. The French AI startup, which raised a €1.7 …
Samsung is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of euros in Mistral AI as part of a funding round that could value the French startup at about €20 billion, according to the Financial Times. The inv…
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has joined Playground Capital as a general partner to help semiconductor startups revive Moore's Law through advances in lithography, taking a board seat at xLight, a po…
ASML, the Dutch semiconductor equipment maker, is offering eligible employees a one-time conditional share award worth €20,000 as a retention grant through 2030, targeting roughly 45,000 workers world…
ASML sold 86 new lithography systems in Q2 2026, including 16 of its most advanced extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines, as AI chip demand drove net sales to €9.3 billion and net income to €2.9 billion.…
Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon face earnings tests over the next two weeks as investors seek evidence that record AI spending is generating stronger revenue growth, with analysts at StoneX noting the …
ASML is granting nearly all of its 44,500 employees a one-off share award worth €20,000 each, locked until 2030, to retain talent amid tight labor markets for EUV lithography engineers. The retention …