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AI boom drives TSMC profit up 58%

The Taiwan-based chipmaker reported record revenue and profit, driven largely by strong demand for artificial intelligence chips and orders from major customers including Apple and Nvidia.

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AI expansion drives up profits for Dutch semiconductor giant ASML

ASML, the Dutch semiconductor giant, has posted a rise in net profits to €2.76 billion for the first quarter of 2026 representing a 15% increase compared to the same quarter in the previous year.

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Nvidia forecasts $1tn in AI-driven orders by 2027

Chief executive Jensen Huang says surging demand for artificial intelligence tools could drive Nvidia’s sales towards $1tn within two years.

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Qualcomm bets on AI-native 6G by 2029 and says Europe can lead

"6G is not an evolution, it's a revolution," Qualcomm's Wassim Chourbaji tells Euronews Next at the Mobile World Congress.

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European chip research giant imec opens Qatar hub in Middle East push

Semiconductor and research hubs like imec are training talent and supporting startups in computing, AI and life sciences.

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President Trump again eases restrictions on H200 chip exports to China

While some lawmakers fear what Beijing will do with the advanced tech, others stress that restrictions will only force China’s homegrown industry to innovate.

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President Trump gives Nvidia green light to sell H200 chips to China

The US government said the approval, which comes in exchange for a 25% surcharge, would also be available to other chipmakers like Intel and AMD.

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Nvidia shares rise after quarterly earnings, calming bubble anxiety

Nvidia reported stronger than expected quarterly earnings, soothing worries that AI-driven stock prices may have shot too high.

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South Korean firms, including Samsung, lift domestic investment

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung credited the business sector for helping his government negotiate a trade deal with Washington but urged the companies to maintain strong domestic investments.

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Chipmaker Nexperia said it halted China shipments on payment refusal

Dutch chipmaker Nexperia said it stopped sending wafers to its Chinese unit because of a payment refusal — the latest twist in Europe’s semiconductor standoff with Beijing.

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OpenAI and Amazon sign $38 billion deal for AI computing power

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion agreement enabling the ChatGPT creator to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon’s data centres in the US.

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Donald Trump says Nvidia’s most powerful AI chips to stay in the US

Nvidia’s most powerful semiconductors will be reserved for American AI companies, says US President Donald Trump.

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Nvidia becomes first company to pass $5 trillion market capitalisation

Nvidia's value is now greater than the GDP of India, Japan and the United Kingdom, according to the International Monetary Fund.

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Nvidia shares jump on Blackwell chip talk ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

Tensions between the US and China have hindered semiconductor trade between the two nations, although an easing of restrictions may soon be on the cards.

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Tech giant Alibaba sees shares rise after CEO pledges AI spending lift

The e-commerce company also launched its largest ever artificial intelligence model, the Qwen3-Max, as AI competition grows between tech firms.

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Nvidia violated antitrust laws, China says as US trade talks continue

The chipmaking giant is facing an investigation by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) in China for an earlier acquisition.