As of late 2025, India has officially crossed a historic threshold in its quest for technological sovereignty, with the central government greenlighting a total of 10 major semiconductor projects. Representing a cumulative investment of over $18.2 billion (₹1.60 lakh crore), this aggressive expansion under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) marks the country’s transition from a [...]
As the artificial intelligence industry grapples with the "memory wall" that has long constrained the performance of traditional graphics processing units (GPUs), Cerebras Systems has emerged as a formidable challenger to the status quo. On December 29, 2025, the company’s Wafer-Scale Engine 3 (WSE-3) and the accompanying CS-3 system have officially redefined the benchmarks for [...]
As of late December 2025, the global semiconductor landscape has undergone a seismic shift, with Arizona officially cementing its status as the "Silicon Desert." In a landmark week for the American tech industry, both Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) have announced major operational milestones at their respective mega-fabs. Intel’s Fab [...]
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In a move that signals a tectonic shift in the global semiconductor landscape, reports have emerged as of late December 2025 that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has successfully entered the critical qualification phase for Intel Corporation’s (NASDAQ: INTC) 18A manufacturing process. This development marks the first time since the "Apple Silicon" transition in 2020 that [...]
The artificial intelligence industry has reached a pivotal infrastructure milestone as silicon photonics transitions from a long-promised laboratory curiosity to the backbone of global data centers. In a move that signals the end of the "copper era" for high-performance computing, Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) officially announced its definitive agreement to acquire Celestial AI on December [...]
The company said that U.S. Patent No. 12,492,179 extends the protection for its pipeline of potentially neuroplastogenic, non-hallucinogenic molecules.
The transition to glass substrates is driven by the failure of organic materials (like ABF and BT resins) to cope with the extreme heat and structural demands of massive AI "superchips." Glass offers a Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) that closely matches that of silicon (3–7 ppm/°C), which drastically reduces the risk of warpage during [...]
The high-stakes race for semiconductor supremacy has entered a blistering new phase as the industry’s titans prepare for the "HBM4 Wars." With artificial intelligence workloads demanding unprecedented memory bandwidth, Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930) and SK Hynix (KRX: 000660) have both officially fast-tracked their next-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM4) for mass production in early 2026. This [...]
As 2025 draws to a close, the semiconductor industry is standing on the precipice of a new era in mobile computing. Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930) has officially pulled back the curtain on its highly anticipated Exynos 2600, the world’s first mobile application processor built on a cutting-edge 2nm process node. This announcement marks a definitive [...]
In a move that signals a tectonic shift in the global semiconductor landscape, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has officially entered the "High-NA" era. As of late December 2025, the company has successfully completed the installation and acceptance testing of the industry’s first commercial-grade High-NA (Numerical Aperture) Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system, the ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) Twinscan [...]
Live cattle futures closed Friday with some strength, as contracts were up 90 cents to $1.12. February was down $1.15 last week. Cash trade picked up ahead of the holiday, with $229-230 sales reported, steady to $2 higher than last week. Feeder cattl...
Cotton prices are up 10 to 18 points. Futures closed the Friday session with contracts 25 to 40 points higher, as March posted a 74 point gain last week. Crude oil futures were $1.45 per barrel lower at $56.90. The US dollar index was up $0.054 to $9...
Corn price action is down 2 to 3 cents early in Monday. Futures closed the Friday session with contracts fractionally to a penny lower in the nearbys. Open interest rose 4,880 contracts. March corn was up 6 ¼ cents on the short week. The CmdtyView na...
Wheat is slipping back 3 to 6 cents in the front months, with spring wheat fractionally lower. The wheat complex posted mostly weaker trade on Friday, though futures held on to the weekly gains. Chicago SRW futures were down 1 to 3 cents to close out...
Lean hog futures extended the pullback from Wednesday with losses of 20 to 55 cents across the front months, with February up just a tick last week. Open interest was up 808 contracts on Friday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $67.19 o...
Soybeans are starting the final 3 day stretch of 2025 with losses of 5 to 6 cents in the front months. Futures slipped back on Friday with front months 3 to 4 ½ cents lower, as January was 9 ½ cents higher last week. Open interest dropped 33,358 cont...
In a move that underscores the relentless momentum of the generative AI era, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang has confirmed that the company’s next-generation Blackwell architecture is officially sold out through mid-2026. During a series of high-level briefings and earnings calls in late 2025, Huang described the demand for the B200 and GB200 chips [...]
As 2025 draws to a close, the semiconductor industry is entering a period of unprecedented supply-side tension. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) has officially signaled a "capacity crunch" for its upcoming 2nm (N2) process node, revealing that production slots are effectively sold out through the end of 2026. In a move that mirrors its [...]
In a move that formalizes the geopolitical bifurcation of the high-tech world, the United States, Japan, and South Korea have officially finalized the Pax Silica Supply Chain Alliance. Announced in late December 2025, this sweeping trilateral initiative is designed to establish a "trusted" ecosystem for artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor manufacturing, effectively insulating the global [...]
In a definitive moment for the global semiconductor industry, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) officially announced on December 19, 2025, that its cutting-edge 18A (1.8nm-class) process node has entered High-Volume Manufacturing (HVM). This milestone, achieved at the company’s flagship Fab 52 facility in Chandler, Arizona, represents the successful culmination of the "Five Nodes in Four Years" [...]
While many people are checking off items on their holiday shopping lists, these investors are making a list (and checking it twice) of stocks they would be happy to buy as 2025 comes to a close.
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