by Nicholas Rossolillo | Oct 11, 2024 | Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing, Semiconductor Industry, Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, stocks
With Q1 fiscal 2025 earnings in hand (for the three months ended in August 2024), investors are feeling a bit more optimistic about Aehr Test Systems (AEHR) stock once again. We won’t spend a lot of time on that today. The market is particularly fickle on this one,... 
by Nicholas Rossolillo | Aug 27, 2024 | AI, data center, Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing, Semiconductor Industry, Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, stocks
August has been a busy month for the world’s largest and most advanced foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM). Just the other day, the joint venture ESMC between TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP Semi broke ground in Dresden, Germany. That will eventually be a... 
by Nicholas Rossolillo | Jul 12, 2024 | AI, Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, stocks
We’re still in a lull before Q2 2024 earnings season begins in earnest, which gives us time to explore fun little research projects – and come to a deeper understanding of an often-explored part of the semi industry: Manufacturing equipment. Earlier in July, Applied... 
by Nicholas Rossolillo | Nov 1, 2023 | Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
ASML and Canon Stock Analysis ASML has a stranglehold (but not a total monopoly) on lithography equipment for semiconductor manufacturing. Japanese conglomerate Canon (CAJPY) is doubling down on competing advanced chipmaking equipment it originally acquired in 2014,...