Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSM)

Blame the Fed? No. I'm reserving my wrath for the clueless buyers who appear to have taken a permanent intellectual summer vacation.

These suppliers to and rivals of Huawei Technologies could see their revenue dinged due to the U.S. sanctions against the Chinese telecom supplier.

Negotiations on the next round of stimulus, more so than tension between Washington and Beijing, and more so than earnings season, will control short-term financial market performance.

Why should we have all these areas going up and why do we have these price target boosts for the big techs?

Plus, why shares of vaccine maker Moderna are taking a hit.

The delayed arrival of CPUs relying on Intel's 7nm manufacturing process node stands to make things easier for AMD in 2022 -- and perhaps longer.

The analog chip giant topped estimates and issued above-consensus guidance. But it also cautioned that macro pressures might take a while to go away.

Chinese shares advanced following a regulatory change designed to loosen the grip of retail investors on stocks in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

Let's take a fresh look at TSM.

While some growth stocks have been bid up to extreme valuations, others could look intriguing if markets see a meaningful downturn.

The 50-day line is crossing above the slower 200-day line for a bullish golden cross.

Macro pressures, new AMD CPU launches and Apple's plans to ship its first Macs containing its own processors are all potential headwinds.

Along with its anticipated plans to migrate away from Intel's PC CPUs, Apple revealed a number of UI and feature improvements for its operating systems and apps.

A planned infrastructure bill reportedly includes some funds for 5G and rural broadband spending, while another bill seeks to boost U.S. chip manufacturing capex.

With more ways to differentiate processors, chip markets are fragmenting and R&D activity is growing.

Apple, Qualcomm, Cisco and Boeing are all named in the firing line as China prepares defenses against U.S. Commerce Department attack.

Jerome Powell hit the airwaves with some words of caution and comfort. Nvidia is running into earnings.

NYSE will reopen the floor in a limited way, banks were in the headlines and Semis lead the rise.

Here's why Qualcomm -- with its 3.5% annualized yield -- should remain on its dividend-increasing flight path.

Two major Chinese carriers have reported strong 5G subscriber growth this week. That could be a silver lining for mobile chip suppliers during a tough time.

Among other things, Apple's use of its own processors within future Macs could yield cost savings and boost MacBook battery lives.

For now, chip equipment makers are still mostly seeing strong orders. But COVID-19 lockdowns and softer chip demand are potential headwinds.

With each passing year, the amount of silicon being designed by hardware makers and cloud giants keeps growing.

In spite of the market's epic plunge, a lot of well-known tech names are still comfortably above their 52-week lows.

While announcing yet another deal to provide CPUs and GPUs for a giant DOE supercomputer, AMD shared a few things about its product roadmap.

Chip equipment and memory stock particularly look more attractive now.