SMIC reported Q2 2026 revenue of $3.006 billion, up 20% QoQ, narrowing its market share gap with Samsung Foundry. Growth was driven by advance procurement in PCs and rising demand for AI peripherals and NAND Flash amid shortages. This signals strong bullish momentum for SMIC and the memory sector.
TSMC's Arizona fab has turned profitable, surpassing SMIC and UMC combined. This turnaround follows six years of process tweaks and ramp-up, countering earlier warnings about overseas fabs losing money. Bullish for supply chain stability.
UMC reported Q1 2026 net profit of NT$16.17 billion, up 61% QoQ, driven by recovered wafer shipments and utilization rates. Revenue increased 5.5% YoY to NT$61.04 billion with a gross margin of 29.2%. This strong earnings beat signals robust demand recovery in the foundry sector.
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Whose chips are really inside the hottest new products? We open them up and show you, one part at a time.
iPhone DuoFirst-pass BOM: 37 parts, 12 brands and 16 public MPNs; A20 Pro, C2, N1 and the power/RF chains are located, while the NAND brand stays unconfirmed.See the full teardownAll teardowns| Analog | $0.68 | −5.9% |
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| Connector | $0.75 | +0.2% |
| CPU | $386.74 | −21.3% |
| DDR4 | $88.40 | −0.2% |
| DDR52026-W13 | $14.89 | −11.2% |
| GPU | $478.20 | +8.2% |
| MCU | $0.68 | −61.7%Unusual |
| MLCC | $0.01 | +54.0%Unusual |
| MOSFET | $0.12 | −82.8%Unusual |
| PMIC2026-W13 | $0.44 | −12.5% |
| SSD/HDD | $288.43 | n/a |