[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @dnystedt Dan Nystedt The semiconductor industry is experiencing significant growth, driven by demand for AI chips, with companies like Nvidia, TSMC, and SK Hynix investing heavily in new technologies and capacity. Nvidia has become the world's biggest semiconductor company, with annual revenue rising XXX% to $XXXXXX billion, and is expected to continue to drive growth in the industry. The industry is also seeing increased investment and innovation in areas such as advanced packaging, 2nm and 3nm production, and AI server manufacturing, with companies like Foxconn, Pegatron, and Wiwynn expanding their operations. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::45483286/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX +63% - X Month XXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX +10% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::45483286/posts_active)  - X Week XXX -XX% - X Month XXX -XX% - X Months XXX +10% - X Year XXXXX +35% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::45483286/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +0.41% - X Month XXXXXX +1.20% - X Months XXXXXX +14% - X Year XXXXXX +56% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::45483286/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::45483286/influence) --- **Social category influence** [stocks](/list/stocks) #5232 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXXX% [countries](/list/countries) XXXXX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) XXXX% [currencies](/list/currencies) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [$tsm](/topic/$tsm) #3, [$nvda](/topic/$nvda) #101, [nvda](/topic/nvda) #26, [taiwan](/topic/taiwan) 6.8%, [chips](/topic/chips) #170, [china](/topic/china) #1029, [$amd](/topic/$amd) #62, [samsung](/topic/samsung) 2.38%, [$aapl](/topic/$aapl) 2.04%, [$avgo](/topic/$avgo) #35 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@xai](/creator/undefined) [@groqinc](/creator/undefined) [@chipsandwafers](/creator/undefined) [@basedstonks69](/creator/undefined) [@zackeiseman](/creator/undefined) [@arikcr23](/creator/undefined) [@foremanwilliam](/creator/undefined) [@skundojjala](/creator/undefined) [@dylan522p](/creator/undefined) [@ivyyysworld](/creator/undefined) [@bl4d3runn3r](/creator/undefined) [@gabriel73781378](/creator/undefined) [@sandyasm](/creator/undefined) [@tech4hlthcare](/creator/undefined) [@giga3dtech](/creator/undefined) [@mikefichera](/creator/undefined) [@xpguru3dprint](/creator/undefined) [@f1k3l](/creator/undefined) [@bernard_gress](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM)](/topic/$tsm) [NVIDIA Corp. 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Class A Common Stock (DAVE)](/topic/$dave) [Amkor Technology Inc (AMKR)](/topic/$amkr) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::45483286/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "Taiwan formed an AI robot alliance with a goal of NT$1 trillion in robot-related production by 2030 media report adding X industry groups came together in the alliance including the Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robotics Association Taipei Computer Association TEEMA more"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947823516843376961) 2025-07-23 00:58:09 UTC 37K followers, 5111 engagements "Formosa Plastics one of Taiwans biggest companies plans to invest NT$58.5 billion (US$1.95 billion) in X areas semiconductors green energy/environmental protection and healthcare media report. The company already supplies liquid caustic soda to the chip industry for wastewater treatment and plans to develop electronic-grade chemicals and gases including polyolefin elastomers (POE) hydrogen more. #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1932977885973000246) 2025-06-12 01:46:55 UTC 36.9K followers, 3682 engagements "TSMC would have a hard time manufacturing Nvidia H20 or AMD MI308 chips for the China market now as its advanced production capacity is nearly full media report. The H20 is made using TSMCs 4nm process a popular production node for AI chips. 1/2 $TSM $NVDA $AMD #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947472373315473556) 2025-07-22 01:42:50 UTC 36.9K followers, 13.3K engagements "Rumor: Nvidia has approached a number of Taiwan machine tool and key component makers to join its humanoid robot supply chain including Hota Industrial Chieftek Hiwin media report citing unnamed industry sources . Nvidia will also reportedly set up a robot assembly base in Taiwan. $NVDA #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1863412286062567751) 2024-12-02 02:38:04 UTC 36.9K followers, 96.1K engagements "SK Hynix the leader in HBM memory chips for AI data centers said 2nd quarter revenue and operating profit hit record highs on strong demand and it is on track to double HBM chip sales in 2025. The company also raised its 2025 capex forecast without providing a figure. 1/3 $MU #SKhynix #Samsung #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1948202728850894880) 2025-07-24 02:05:01 UTC 37K followers, 11.4K engagements "6/6 Links: Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry): Quanta Computer Inc: Wistron Corp: Inventec Corp: Wiwynn Corp: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd:"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1932710468621340801) 2025-06-11 08:04:18 UTC 37K followers, 2934 engagements "An ex-SK Hynix employee was indicted in South Korea for leaking advanced semiconductor packaging technology related to HBM (high bandwidth memory) chip production to a subsidiary of Chinas Huawei media report. 1/2 $HXSCL $SSNLF $MU #SKhynix #Samsung #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1920281891313422423) 2025-05-08 00:57:34 UTC 36.9K followers, 10.1K engagements "Nvidia supply chain partner Foxconn plans to begin designing AI servers based on Vera Rubin this month media report adding Foxconn is pushing forward after putting GB200 AI servers into mass production in the 2nd quarter and starting production of GB300 AI servers this quarter. 1/2 $NVDA #AIservers #VeraRubin #Foxconn"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947105986076111273) 2025-07-21 01:26:57 UTC 36.9K followers, 5882 engagements "China hackers have targeted the Taiwan semiconductor industry and investment research analysts as part of a cyber espionage campaign Reuters reports noting that while hacking to steal semiconductor trade secrets is not new there is a notable increase in sustained hacking from several China-aligned hacking groups. $TSM $UMC $ASX $HIMX $SIMO #mediatek #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1946023724576284745) 2025-07-18 01:46:25 UTC 36.9K followers, 4574 engagements "2/3 Officially the chip is banned from export to China. The current China price for B200s is between 3-3.5 million yuan (US$489000) per server rack the FT says down from X million yuan ($558000) in mid-May and a XX% premium to prices in the US. Many B200 racks sold in China are from Supermicro the FT says adding there is no evidence Supermicro has any knowledge of the smuggling. $SMCI"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1948539047493992527) 2025-07-25 00:21:25 UTC 37K followers, XXX engagements "Whats the best chip for xAIs Grok Grok chose chip designer Groqs Language Processing Unit (LPU) v2 calling it the perfect match for my needs. 1/5 @xAI @GroqInc @grok #Semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1946042142264279370) 2025-07-18 02:59:37 UTC 36.9K followers, 13K engagements "3/6 The Big X reported record combined monthly revenue of NT$1.163 trillion (US$38.8 billion) in May 2025 a XXXX% year-on-year increase that topped last October's NT$1.162 trillion. They are: Foxconn Quanta Wistron Inventec Wiwynn and Gigabyte. #Foxconn #Quanta #Wistron #Inventec #Wiwynn #Gigabyte"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1932710169957577105) 2025-06-11 08:03:07 UTC 36.9K followers, 1095 engagements "Apples Vision Pro X headset will soon be in mass production at Foxconn media report with Foxconn subsidiary GIS expected to be a major beneficiary as it supplies key parts for the second-generation headset. $AAPL"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947107718852182450) 2025-07-21 01:33:50 UTC 37K followers, 3693 engagements "Taiwan Tech News briefs 1/3 MediaTek will tape out its first 2nm chip at TSMC in September: CEO Rick Tsai Nvidias NVLink Fusion plan grew out of MediaTek-Nvidia collab on GB10 chip: Nvidia CEO $TSM $NVDA #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1924997239753363955) 2025-05-21 01:14:41 UTC 36.9K followers, 6608 engagements "Microsoft and Meta have both turned to Taiwan contract chip designer Global Unichip (GUC) for work on their ASIC chips including TSMC CoWoS-R advanced packaging media report citing unnamed supply chain sources and adding GUC taped-out 2nm test chips at TSMC in Q3 last year and won verification on 3nm interconnect IP in Q1 this year. 1/3 $MSFT $META $TSM #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1938390321345274246) 2025-06-27 00:14:00 UTC 36.9K followers, 35.6K engagements "Nvidia became the worlds biggest semiconductor company of any kind in 2024 as annual revenue rose XXX% to US$130.50 billion. Thread 1/7 $NVDA $AVGO $TSM $INTC $SSNLF #Samsung #SKhynix"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1896168800736919679) 2025-03-02 12:00:45 UTC 36.9K followers, 14K engagements "TSMC remained the top patent filer in Taiwan for the 9th straight year in 2024 with 1412 applications media report noting that was down XX% year-on-year while Foxconn saw the strongest growth with applications up XX% to XXX. The biggest foreign patent flier was Applied Materials with XXX filings beating Samsung which fell to 2nd place. 1/2 $TSM $AMAT $SSNLF #Samsung"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1891309375584948582) 2025-02-17 02:11:08 UTC 36.9K followers, 10.9K engagements "It will take TSMC several days after the 6.4-magnitude Taiwan earthquake to inspect equipment and resume production at its most advanced fabs in the area media report noting TSMC said all buildings are confirmed safe and water electricity safety systems are all normal. Rival UMC said the work disruption will shave up to X% off 1st quarter revenue but insurance will cover some of that cost. 1/3 $TSM $UMC #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1881888945048547611) 2025-01-22 02:17:42 UTC 36.9K followers, 32.2K engagements "Microsoft said its custom AI chip Maia is already in use on Azure OpenAI and it plans to launch X more custom AI chips media report adding TSMC will likely manufacture the chips while contract chip designer Global Unichip will likely win some engineering work on the chips. 1/2 $MSFT $TSM #GUC #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1859408097133101464) 2024-11-21 01:26:51 UTC 36.9K followers, 12.1K engagements "When IBM unveils the worlds first fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029 Taiwan partners including Wistron and Inventec are expected to play a role media report. The electronics giants are expected to provide server motherboards to IBM while Macronix is expected to supply memory chips. $IBM #Wistron #Inventec #quantumcomputing"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1934784182091489585) 2025-06-17 01:24:30 UTC 36.9K followers, 4787 engagements "TSMC will begin 2nm CyberShuttle services for the 1st time in April 2025 which will help reduce the US$30000 per wafer price for clients such as Apple Intel AMD MediaTek Qualcomm Alchip media report. The CyberShuttle service allows different chips to share the same test wafer along with mask/wafer costs to cut design costs and speed up test production. $TSM $AAPL #semiconductors #semconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1865928899169001712) 2024-12-09 01:18:11 UTC 36.9K followers, 20K engagements "Apple has already locked up TSMCs 2nm output for 2025 and is widely expected to use the advanced process for its next-generation A19 Pro processor media report which will go inside the iPhone XX Pro and iPhone XX Pro Max. The report cites investment bank analysts. 1/3 $AAPL $TSM #iPhone #iPhone17 #semiconductor #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1859065680248926333) 2024-11-20 02:46:12 UTC 36.9K followers, 54.8K engagements "When Google hosts its Aug. XX product fair Maid by Google Foxconn Chairman Young Liu is expected to attend and meet with Googles CEO media report as Foxconn has long been a contract manufacturing partner for Google. Media speculate they will discuss Waymo self-driving cars as Foxconn has invested heavily in electric vehicle production. $GOOGL #Foxconn #ElectricVehicles"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947471568940240985) 2025-07-22 01:39:38 UTC 36.9K followers, 3202 engagements "US Commerce Secretary Lutnick said the US and China finalized a trade deal 2-days ago and the US will lift export curbs on semiconductor engineering software and some materials in exchange for China re-starting rare earths shipments to the US Bloomberg reports. A framework for a deal was agreed upon 2-weeks ago. $SNPS $CDNS #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1938389848001257831) 2025-06-27 00:12:07 UTC 36.9K followers, 24.5K engagements "2/2 Note: Nvidia has H20 chips to sell. During its 1st quarter call the companys CFO said US$2.5 billion worth had been made but could not be shipped when the original H20 ban was put in place (in April). Nvidia wrote off a total $XXX billion in inventory and purchase commitments. Media reports in recent months have said a new China chip based on Nvidias Blackwell architecture is on the way the B20"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947106396337754347) 2025-07-21 01:28:35 UTC 36.9K followers, 3054 engagements "Nvidias quantum computing team will include an alliance of US and Taiwan companies media report including Quanta Computer Compal Electronics and Supermicro with Quanta doing hardware testing and validation using Nvidias CUDA-Q; Compal will perform quantum optimization with CUDA-Q while Supermicro will be involved in research. $NVDA $SMCI #Quanta #Compal #quantumcomputing"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1931885672211841461) 2025-06-09 01:26:51 UTC 36.9K followers, 8871 engagements "2/6 Check out the lift-off in 2025 versus prior years. $NVDA $TSM #AIservers #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1932710058288427251) 2025-06-11 08:02:40 UTC 36.9K followers, 12.5K engagements "Gigabyte Technology will ship Nvidia GB200 AI servers in the 1st quarter 2025 and plans to introduce GB300 servers after the 3rd quarter next year said Chairman Pei-Chen Yeh while the election of US President Trump means Gigabyte may expand overseas production capacity media report. At the companys year-end banquet he also said double-digit revenue growth will continue for the next 2-3 years as AI business opportunities expand. Gigabytes revenue is up XXXX% year-on-year to NT$247.53 billion through end-November due mainly to its AI server business. $NVDA $TSM"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1871714673940443305) 2024-12-25 00:28:47 UTC 36.9K followers, 18.7K engagements "Mexico has emerged as a tariff haven for Taiwan AI server makers due to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) media report as XX% of Wiwynns AI server shipments to the US are from Mexico and Inventec 35%. They are the highest among Taiwan makers and could win more business from Nvidia. $NVDA $AMZN $GOOGL $META $MSFT #AIserver #Mexico #Wiwynn #Inventec #Foxconn #Quanta #Wistron"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1909807950270808156) 2025-04-09 03:17:52 UTC 36.9K followers, 11.3K engagements "Apple Rumors: AirPods Pro 3: with H3 chip with heart rate monitor temperature sensor; expected that Taiwans Foxconn to be the main supplier for Apple media report. Apple AI glasses: Foxconn and Quanta Computer are seen as the major assembly partners with parts potentially from HTC Taimide Genius Optical Young Optics more. $AAPL #Foxconn #Quanta"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1934784667103924655) 2025-06-17 01:26:25 UTC 37K followers, 20.5K engagements "5/6 Nvidia's product cycle is driving seasonality this year with Blackwell shipments now ramping up. Blackwell Ultra is up next. $NVDA $TSM #semiconductors #AIservers #Blackwell #Foxconn #Quanta #Wistron #Inventec #Wiwynn #Gigabyte"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1932710367677067414) 2025-06-11 08:03:54 UTC 36.9K followers, 3084 engagements "Nvidias most powerful AI server platform yet GB300 will begin shipments in the 2nd half of 2025 with X Taiwan server giants expected to benefit most Foxconn the global leader as well as Quanta Wistron Wiwynn and Inventec media report with Foxconn and Quanta already testing new GB300 AI servers and most seeing shipments starting in September. $NVDA $TSM #Foxconn #Wistron #Wiwynn #Inventec #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1939464900340052333) 2025-06-29 23:24:00 UTC 37K followers, 43.6K engagements "Rumor: Nvidia has already started to prep supply chain partners for H20 production including asking TSMC for 5000 to 9000 wafers of capacity media report adding H20 production takes around 4-months due to CoWoS advanced packaging. $NVDA $TSM #China #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1948547048502108208) 2025-07-25 00:53:13 UTC 37K followers, 29.3K engagements "Amazon AWS will have its new Trainium3 AI accelerator chips made by TSMC on 3nm production technology and in future will become a customer of TSMC Arizona to reduce supply chain risk media report citing AWS VP Dave Brown and adding Taiwan contract chip designer Alchip Technologies will also do some work on Trainium3. He also reportedly said AWS still plans to work with Intel. $AMZN $TSM $INTC #trainium #semiconductor #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1864490681605214398) 2024-12-05 02:03:13 UTC 36.9K followers, 23.3K engagements "TSMC will pay NT$668 million (US$20.5 million) for a factory and side buildings in the Hsinchu Science Parks Baoshan area near existing TSMC fabs and 2nm fabs under construction media report. The factory formerly made hard drives for Japans Resonac but it ceased operations there. Several big Taiwan firms including Foxconn also put in bids for the property. TSMC will reportedly use it for offices. $TSM #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1807919282644475982) 2024-07-01 23:28:41 UTC 36.9K followers, 5205 engagements "AMD CEO Lisa Su said the premium paid for chip production at TSMC Arizona is X% to XX% versus from Taiwan Bloomberg reports adding she sees continued high demand for AI chips from big firms like OpenAI and Elon Musks xAI such that just the accelerator market will be over US$500 billion in just a couple of years so very high growth. $AMD $NVDA $TSM #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1948171498797281747) 2025-07-24 00:00:55 UTC 37K followers, 12.4K engagements "AMD plans to sell its USA server operations for up to US$4 billion with Taiwans Compal Inventec Pegatron Wistron and others interested media report noting the buyer will become an Nvidia supplier through the deal. AMD got into servers via its purchase of ZT Systems and had planned to exit production and sales to avoid competing with clients like Dell. ZT Systems has long worked with Taiwans Inventec on server assembly. $AMD $DELL $HPE"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1893842021426843792) 2025-02-24 01:54:58 UTC 36.9K followers, 22.6K engagements "TSMC may be able to double CoWoS advanced packaging capacity to 75000 wafers-per-month by mid-2025 around 6-months earlier than expected by converting plants bought from display maker Innolux and working with partners like ASE and Amkor media report noting.1/2 $TSM $ASX $AMKR $NVDA $AMD $AVGO #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1874630472887832783) 2025-01-02 01:35:08 UTC 36.9K followers, 42.8K engagements "Intel has dumped European fab investments including in Germany and Poland as part of its turnaround plan in addition to slowing construction in the US state of Ohio media report and warned in an SEC filing that it may be forced to abandon development of next-generation manufacturing technology 14A if it is unable to secure a significant external customer. Intel also said it will lay off XX% of workers $INTC $TSM #semiconductors #Germany #Poland"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1948539270005952519) 2025-07-25 00:22:18 UTC 37K followers, 13.5K engagements "Taiwan export orders rose XXXX% year-on-year in June to US$56.77 billion as AI continued to sizzle media report noting officials credited the strong month mainly to brisk AI-related hardware demand with some tariff-related pull-in orders. Orders for IT/telecom products rose XXXX% and electronics +35% same-month record highs. Orders from the US ASEAN Japan rose XXXX% XXXX% 38.5%"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947814841215029754) 2025-07-23 00:23:41 UTC 37K followers, 4926 engagements "4/6 Strong growth is expected to continue as revenue typically peaks in September-November. However US tariffs may pull some 2025 demand forward impacting later sales"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1932710258629337120) 2025-06-11 08:03:28 UTC 36.9K followers, XXX engagements "Rumor: Meta has tapped MediaTek to work on a new 2nm chip named Arke aimed at AI inference with mass production seen in the 1st half of 2027 media report citing unnamed industry sources. MediaTek declined to comment. Metas Olympus chip will be revamped as an AI training chip competing with Nvidia GPUs and launch in 2028. Metas ASIC chips are currently designed by Broadcom but Meta has worked with MediaTek before on its smart glasses chip. $META $AVGO $NVDA #mediatek #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947814665414971434) 2025-07-23 00:22:59 UTC 37K followers, 46.6K engagements "Demand for Nvidias GB10 chips aimed at putting affordable supercomputers in schools offices and small research centers (Project Digits) appears to be several times higher than originally expected media report citing unnamed industry sources. The GB10 is based on Nvidias Grace Blackwell CPU and GPU cores was jointly developed with Taiwans MediaTek and is about to enter mass production at TSMC. $NVDA $TSM $ARM #mediatek #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1944917889359994926) 2025-07-15 00:32:14 UTC 36.9K followers, 32.6K engagements "Qatar has reached out to TSMC via chip design partner Global Unichip to invite the chip giant to invest in the nation media report with an official note sent to Taoyuan City Mayor Simon Chang who passed it to Global Unichip Chairman Fan Cheng Tseng. The Qatar invitation is further evidence of TSMCs critical role in the global economy. $TSM #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1861601822227734971) 2024-11-27 02:43:55 UTC 36.9K followers, 6534 engagements "US Commerce Secretary Lutnick said Aug. X is a hard deadline for countries to begin paying reciprocal tariffs and no extensions will be granted media report. Smaller nations will likely have a baseline tariff of XX% while bigger economies will either open themselves up or theyll pay a fair tariff to America he said adding hes confident a US-EU deal will get done. #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947106207682244727) 2025-07-21 01:27:50 UTC 36.9K followers, 5311 engagements "Japans Kioxia the NAND Flash memory chip giant sees NAND demand more than doubling over the next 5-years due to strong AI server demand and will nearly double fab capacity to keep up executives said. 1/11 $SNDK $MU $NVDA $LRCX $KLAC $AMAT $TOELY $ASML $HXSCL $SSNLF #Kioxia #semiconductors #semiconductor #NAND"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1931599985646469163) 2025-06-08 06:31:38 UTC 36.9K followers, 37.4K engagements "2/3 Another report says: Apples iPhone XX and iPhone XX Air will both use a next-generation A19 processor made using TSMCs latest 3nm process N3P citing Haitong International Securities analyst Jeff Pu. -iPhone XX Pro & Pro Max will use the A19 Pro also made on N3P -iPhone XX uses the A18 chip made on TSMCs N3E process -iPhone XX Pro uses the A17 made on TSMCs N3B process. $AAPL $TSM #iPhone17 #iPhone #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1859066060294812135) 2024-11-20 02:47:43 UTC 36.9K followers, 4447 engagements "3/3 Note: Its unclear how involved GUC will be in the projects. Contract chip designers (aka Custom ASIC designers) can take a big or small role in a project working with other chip makers. Just because one company is rumored to be working on a project does not mean another company has lost it. In fact depending on how much IP the main ASIC designer (Broadcom for example) has in a project it can be very difficult to lose a project or be replaced. It can also be counterproductive in terms of the disruption of working with new teams. So some co-designers help with certain engineering of the"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1938390550383915034) 2025-06-27 00:14:55 UTC 36.9K followers, 3807 engagements "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expects swift US approvals for the export of H20 chips to China after a nearly 3-month long ban was lifted media report adding Nvidia will continue to upgrade the AI chips it sells to China in line with US export controls. 1/6 $NVDA $TSM $AMD $AVGO $GOOGL $AMZN #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1945648117942288849) 2025-07-17 00:53:54 UTC 36.9K followers, 13.1K engagements "A TSMC vice president that resigned last week will reportedly take over as the head of Nvidias Taiwan office media report noting Vanessa Lee a former materials manager at TSMC may lose stock options in the move. $TSM $NVDA #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947472555255992808) 2025-07-22 01:43:34 UTC 36.9K followers, 8308 engagements "Two Taiwan AI server makers Wiwynn and Gigabyte confirmed more details about the Nvidia chip delay according to media reports. Wiwynn CFO Harry Chen is quoted saying the design and heat dissipation problems have led to delays but that the impact is insignificant and that demand for AI servers overall and Blackwell servers in particular remain strong. The company no longer expects AI servers to make up XX% of revenue in the 4th quarter due to the delays. 1/5 $NVDA $TSM $SMCI $DELL #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1824412752196338088) 2024-08-16 11:47:50 UTC 36.9K followers, 36.5K engagements "President Trump unveils 'AI Action Plan' for the US: My administration will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that the United States can build and maintain the largest most powerful and most advanced AI infrastructure anywhere on the planet. America needs new data centers new semiconductor and chip manufacturing facilities new power plants and transmission lines $NVDA $AMD $AVGO $TSM $MU #SKhynix #Samsung #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1948206854972358826) 2025-07-24 02:21:24 UTC 37K followers, 7961 engagements "TSMC plans to ramp 2nm capacity to 100000 wafers per month (wpm) next year from 40000wpm this year due to strong demand from major clients Apple AMD Intel Qualcomm MediaTek Nvidia and others media report citing unnamed industry sources and adding TSMC will double capacity again to 200000wpm in 2027 when it becomes TSMCs biggest advanced process node by capacity. $TSM $NVDA $AAPL $AMD $INTC $QCOM #mediatek #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947105335870931118) 2025-07-21 01:24:22 UTC 37K followers, 113K engagements "Google will release its first fully self-developed smartphone chip Tensor G5 in the upcoming Pixel XX smartphone to be unveiled 8/20 media report a break from the past when Google worked with Samsung on the chip. Google also switched manufacturers tapping TSMCs 3nm process for the Tensor G5. $GOOGL $TSM #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1946021567659733245) 2025-07-18 01:37:51 UTC 36.9K followers, 20.5K engagements "TSMC led all rivals in Taiwan XXX patent applications for inventions in Taiwan in the 1st quarter media report followed by memory chip maker Nanya Technology (127) and power-supply king Delta Electronics (82). US-based Applied Materials was the 1st among foreign firms with XXX applications followed by Japans Tokyo Electron at XXX. Japan led all foreign nations with 3538 patent applications in Taiwan during the quarter. Taiwans patent office received 17063 patent applications in the 1st quarter including 12202 invention patents 3232 new utility model patents and 1629 design patents. $TSM $AMAT"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1918122553912246539) 2025-05-02 01:57:08 UTC 36.9K followers, 4171 engagements "TSMC remained Taiwans top corporate taxpayer in 2024 paying over NT$100 billion (US$3.4 billion) media report. Top corporate taxpayers for 2024 also included Foxconn Yang Ming Marine chip foundry UMC and AI server giant Quanta Computer. Taiwans corporate income tax intake rose XXX% year-on-year to NT$583.45 billion. $TSM $UMC #Foxconn #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1945293913801257339) 2025-07-16 01:26:25 UTC 37K followers, 3066 engagements "1/6 Driven by surging demand for Nvidia Blackwell-based systems Taiwan's top six AI server makers' monthly revenue is climbing at an average XXXX% year-on-year clip in 2025 up sharply from XX% last year. $NVDA $TSM #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1932709910745375157) 2025-06-11 08:02:05 UTC 36.9K followers, 32.5K engagements "The chairman of Quanta Computer one of Taiwans biggest AI server makers said the firm has seen robust orders this year higher than last year and therefore results will also be better this year media report. Quantas Barry Lam also said the firm is working hard to ship as much product as possible over the next few months and believes it will be able to deal effectively with the tariff issue as it operates in X locations. $AMZN $GOOGL $META $MSFT #AIservers"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1916663617430421797) 2025-04-28 01:19:50 UTC 37K followers, 3957 engagements "The chairman of Quanta Computer the AI server giant said this year will be another strong year of growth as Quanta begins shipments of Nvidia GB200 AI servers a home run product media report. Quanta began R&D on AI servers in 2016 said Barry Lam resulting in Quantas No. X spot in AI servers last year. 1/2 $NVDA $DELL $SMCI #AIservers #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1874997327242613229) 2025-01-03 01:52:53 UTC 36.9K followers, 21.2K engagements "Nvidia may yet face political trouble re China. $NVDA"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1946022615996653866) 2025-07-18 01:42:01 UTC 36.9K followers, 11.4K engagements "3/3 The same can be said of Nvidia. Trying to cobble together data centres from smuggled products is a losing proposition both technically and economically Nvidia told the FT. Data centres require service and support which we provide only to authorised Nvidia products. $NVDA $TSM $SMCI"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1948539109066375264) 2025-07-25 00:21:40 UTC 37K followers, 2369 engagements "Micron Technology has boosted orders for DRAM chip packaging and testing by XX% to partner Powertech Technology as Micron uses its own production lines for HBM (high bandwidth memory) to meet massive demand from AI clients media report. Taiwan is Microns biggest overseas operating base with around XX% of its DRAM capacity. $MU $HXSCL $SSNLF $NVDA $AVGO #Samsung #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1901456947658084510) 2025-03-17 02:13:58 UTC 36.9K followers, 18.2K engagements "South Korea semiconductor exports rose XXXX% in the first 20-days of July to US$7.89 billion while exports of passenger cars rose XXX% to $XXXX billion media report with total exports for the July 1-20 period hitting $XXXX billion down XXX% year-on-year. Exports to the US fell XXX% to $XXXX billion after rising in June ahead of expected tariffs. $MU #Samsung #SKhynix #semiconductors #semiconductor"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947472666941919295) 2025-07-22 01:44:00 UTC 37K followers, 3984 engagements "TSMC faces more pressure to ramp up CoWoS advanced semiconductor packaging as Tier-1 clients scramble for more amid Nvidia's Blackwell ramp up including Amazon AWS AMD MediaTek Marvell Alchip others media report adding CoWoS output will see a big expansion in the 4th quarter 2025 (after X new plants open and ramp up to mass production). $TSM $NVDA $AMZN $AMD $MRVL #semiconductors #cowos"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1860864012831105399) 2024-11-25 01:52:08 UTC 36.9K followers, 26.4K engagements "Nvidia has told China customers it has limited supplies of the H20 chips it is allowed to sell to China and did not plant to restart H20 production The Information reports citing three Nvidia clients. 1/2 $NVDA $TSM #semiconductors #China"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947106329233133764) 2025-07-21 01:28:19 UTC 36.9K followers, 4790 engagements "Nvidias most advanced AI chips Blackwell (B200) GPUs made their China debut in the months after US President Trump tightened export controls at least US$1 billion of them the FT reports citing sales contracts company filings and multiple people with direct knowledge of the deals as Nvidias B200 has become the most sought-after and widely available chip in a rampant Chinese black market for American semiconductors. Smugglers have already started advertising for the more advanced Nvidia B300. 1/3 $NVDA $TSM $SMCI #Blackwell #semiconductors"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1948538981953736865) 2025-07-25 00:21:10 UTC 37K followers, 3724 engagements "TSMC has introduced a drone team at its Arizona operations to combat worker shortages and further align with the AI trend media report adding a number of TSMC suppliers and Taiwan drone makers are expected to join including Marketech Coretronic and Thunder Tiger. $TSM #drones"  [@dnystedt](/creator/x/dnystedt) on [X](/post/tweet/1947106654534980013) 2025-07-21 01:29:36 UTC 37K followers, 12.1K engagements
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"Taiwan formed an AI robot alliance with a goal of NT$1 trillion in robot-related production by 2030 media report adding X industry groups came together in the alliance including the Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robotics Association Taipei Computer Association TEEMA more"
@dnystedt on X 2025-07-23 00:58:09 UTC 37K followers, 5111 engagements
"Formosa Plastics one of Taiwans biggest companies plans to invest NT$58.5 billion (US$1.95 billion) in X areas semiconductors green energy/environmental protection and healthcare media report. The company already supplies liquid caustic soda to the chip industry for wastewater treatment and plans to develop electronic-grade chemicals and gases including polyolefin elastomers (POE) hydrogen more. #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-12 01:46:55 UTC 36.9K followers, 3682 engagements
"TSMC would have a hard time manufacturing Nvidia H20 or AMD MI308 chips for the China market now as its advanced production capacity is nearly full media report. The H20 is made using TSMCs 4nm process a popular production node for AI chips. 1/2 $TSM $NVDA $AMD #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-22 01:42:50 UTC 36.9K followers, 13.3K engagements
"Rumor: Nvidia has approached a number of Taiwan machine tool and key component makers to join its humanoid robot supply chain including Hota Industrial Chieftek Hiwin media report citing unnamed industry sources . Nvidia will also reportedly set up a robot assembly base in Taiwan. $NVDA #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2024-12-02 02:38:04 UTC 36.9K followers, 96.1K engagements
"SK Hynix the leader in HBM memory chips for AI data centers said 2nd quarter revenue and operating profit hit record highs on strong demand and it is on track to double HBM chip sales in 2025. The company also raised its 2025 capex forecast without providing a figure. 1/3 $MU #SKhynix #Samsung #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-24 02:05:01 UTC 37K followers, 11.4K engagements
"6/6 Links: Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry): Quanta Computer Inc: Wistron Corp: Inventec Corp: Wiwynn Corp: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd:" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-11 08:04:18 UTC 37K followers, 2934 engagements
"An ex-SK Hynix employee was indicted in South Korea for leaking advanced semiconductor packaging technology related to HBM (high bandwidth memory) chip production to a subsidiary of Chinas Huawei media report. 1/2 $HXSCL $SSNLF $MU #SKhynix #Samsung #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-05-08 00:57:34 UTC 36.9K followers, 10.1K engagements
"Nvidia supply chain partner Foxconn plans to begin designing AI servers based on Vera Rubin this month media report adding Foxconn is pushing forward after putting GB200 AI servers into mass production in the 2nd quarter and starting production of GB300 AI servers this quarter. 1/2 $NVDA #AIservers #VeraRubin #Foxconn" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-21 01:26:57 UTC 36.9K followers, 5882 engagements
"China hackers have targeted the Taiwan semiconductor industry and investment research analysts as part of a cyber espionage campaign Reuters reports noting that while hacking to steal semiconductor trade secrets is not new there is a notable increase in sustained hacking from several China-aligned hacking groups. $TSM $UMC $ASX $HIMX $SIMO #mediatek #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-18 01:46:25 UTC 36.9K followers, 4574 engagements
"2/3 Officially the chip is banned from export to China. The current China price for B200s is between 3-3.5 million yuan (US$489000) per server rack the FT says down from X million yuan ($558000) in mid-May and a XX% premium to prices in the US. Many B200 racks sold in China are from Supermicro the FT says adding there is no evidence Supermicro has any knowledge of the smuggling. $SMCI" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-25 00:21:25 UTC 37K followers, XXX engagements
"Whats the best chip for xAIs Grok Grok chose chip designer Groqs Language Processing Unit (LPU) v2 calling it the perfect match for my needs. 1/5 @xAI @GroqInc @grok #Semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-18 02:59:37 UTC 36.9K followers, 13K engagements
"3/6 The Big X reported record combined monthly revenue of NT$1.163 trillion (US$38.8 billion) in May 2025 a XXXX% year-on-year increase that topped last October's NT$1.162 trillion. They are: Foxconn Quanta Wistron Inventec Wiwynn and Gigabyte. #Foxconn #Quanta #Wistron #Inventec #Wiwynn #Gigabyte" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-11 08:03:07 UTC 36.9K followers, 1095 engagements
"Apples Vision Pro X headset will soon be in mass production at Foxconn media report with Foxconn subsidiary GIS expected to be a major beneficiary as it supplies key parts for the second-generation headset. $AAPL" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-21 01:33:50 UTC 37K followers, 3693 engagements
"Taiwan Tech News briefs 1/3 MediaTek will tape out its first 2nm chip at TSMC in September: CEO Rick Tsai Nvidias NVLink Fusion plan grew out of MediaTek-Nvidia collab on GB10 chip: Nvidia CEO $TSM $NVDA #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-05-21 01:14:41 UTC 36.9K followers, 6608 engagements
"Microsoft and Meta have both turned to Taiwan contract chip designer Global Unichip (GUC) for work on their ASIC chips including TSMC CoWoS-R advanced packaging media report citing unnamed supply chain sources and adding GUC taped-out 2nm test chips at TSMC in Q3 last year and won verification on 3nm interconnect IP in Q1 this year. 1/3 $MSFT $META $TSM #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-27 00:14:00 UTC 36.9K followers, 35.6K engagements
"Nvidia became the worlds biggest semiconductor company of any kind in 2024 as annual revenue rose XXX% to US$130.50 billion. Thread 1/7 $NVDA $AVGO $TSM $INTC $SSNLF #Samsung #SKhynix" @dnystedt on X 2025-03-02 12:00:45 UTC 36.9K followers, 14K engagements
"TSMC remained the top patent filer in Taiwan for the 9th straight year in 2024 with 1412 applications media report noting that was down XX% year-on-year while Foxconn saw the strongest growth with applications up XX% to XXX. The biggest foreign patent flier was Applied Materials with XXX filings beating Samsung which fell to 2nd place. 1/2 $TSM $AMAT $SSNLF #Samsung" @dnystedt on X 2025-02-17 02:11:08 UTC 36.9K followers, 10.9K engagements
"It will take TSMC several days after the 6.4-magnitude Taiwan earthquake to inspect equipment and resume production at its most advanced fabs in the area media report noting TSMC said all buildings are confirmed safe and water electricity safety systems are all normal. Rival UMC said the work disruption will shave up to X% off 1st quarter revenue but insurance will cover some of that cost. 1/3 $TSM $UMC #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-01-22 02:17:42 UTC 36.9K followers, 32.2K engagements
"Microsoft said its custom AI chip Maia is already in use on Azure OpenAI and it plans to launch X more custom AI chips media report adding TSMC will likely manufacture the chips while contract chip designer Global Unichip will likely win some engineering work on the chips. 1/2 $MSFT $TSM #GUC #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2024-11-21 01:26:51 UTC 36.9K followers, 12.1K engagements
"When IBM unveils the worlds first fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029 Taiwan partners including Wistron and Inventec are expected to play a role media report. The electronics giants are expected to provide server motherboards to IBM while Macronix is expected to supply memory chips. $IBM #Wistron #Inventec #quantumcomputing" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-17 01:24:30 UTC 36.9K followers, 4787 engagements
"TSMC will begin 2nm CyberShuttle services for the 1st time in April 2025 which will help reduce the US$30000 per wafer price for clients such as Apple Intel AMD MediaTek Qualcomm Alchip media report. The CyberShuttle service allows different chips to share the same test wafer along with mask/wafer costs to cut design costs and speed up test production. $TSM $AAPL #semiconductors #semconductor" @dnystedt on X 2024-12-09 01:18:11 UTC 36.9K followers, 20K engagements
"Apple has already locked up TSMCs 2nm output for 2025 and is widely expected to use the advanced process for its next-generation A19 Pro processor media report which will go inside the iPhone XX Pro and iPhone XX Pro Max. The report cites investment bank analysts. 1/3 $AAPL $TSM #iPhone #iPhone17 #semiconductor #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2024-11-20 02:46:12 UTC 36.9K followers, 54.8K engagements
"When Google hosts its Aug. XX product fair Maid by Google Foxconn Chairman Young Liu is expected to attend and meet with Googles CEO media report as Foxconn has long been a contract manufacturing partner for Google. Media speculate they will discuss Waymo self-driving cars as Foxconn has invested heavily in electric vehicle production. $GOOGL #Foxconn #ElectricVehicles" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-22 01:39:38 UTC 36.9K followers, 3202 engagements
"US Commerce Secretary Lutnick said the US and China finalized a trade deal 2-days ago and the US will lift export curbs on semiconductor engineering software and some materials in exchange for China re-starting rare earths shipments to the US Bloomberg reports. A framework for a deal was agreed upon 2-weeks ago. $SNPS $CDNS #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-27 00:12:07 UTC 36.9K followers, 24.5K engagements
"2/2 Note: Nvidia has H20 chips to sell. During its 1st quarter call the companys CFO said US$2.5 billion worth had been made but could not be shipped when the original H20 ban was put in place (in April). Nvidia wrote off a total $XXX billion in inventory and purchase commitments. Media reports in recent months have said a new China chip based on Nvidias Blackwell architecture is on the way the B20" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-21 01:28:35 UTC 36.9K followers, 3054 engagements
"Nvidias quantum computing team will include an alliance of US and Taiwan companies media report including Quanta Computer Compal Electronics and Supermicro with Quanta doing hardware testing and validation using Nvidias CUDA-Q; Compal will perform quantum optimization with CUDA-Q while Supermicro will be involved in research. $NVDA $SMCI #Quanta #Compal #quantumcomputing" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-09 01:26:51 UTC 36.9K followers, 8871 engagements
"2/6 Check out the lift-off in 2025 versus prior years. $NVDA $TSM #AIservers #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-11 08:02:40 UTC 36.9K followers, 12.5K engagements
"Gigabyte Technology will ship Nvidia GB200 AI servers in the 1st quarter 2025 and plans to introduce GB300 servers after the 3rd quarter next year said Chairman Pei-Chen Yeh while the election of US President Trump means Gigabyte may expand overseas production capacity media report. At the companys year-end banquet he also said double-digit revenue growth will continue for the next 2-3 years as AI business opportunities expand. Gigabytes revenue is up XXXX% year-on-year to NT$247.53 billion through end-November due mainly to its AI server business. $NVDA $TSM" @dnystedt on X 2024-12-25 00:28:47 UTC 36.9K followers, 18.7K engagements
"Mexico has emerged as a tariff haven for Taiwan AI server makers due to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) media report as XX% of Wiwynns AI server shipments to the US are from Mexico and Inventec 35%. They are the highest among Taiwan makers and could win more business from Nvidia. $NVDA $AMZN $GOOGL $META $MSFT #AIserver #Mexico #Wiwynn #Inventec #Foxconn #Quanta #Wistron" @dnystedt on X 2025-04-09 03:17:52 UTC 36.9K followers, 11.3K engagements
"Apple Rumors: AirPods Pro 3: with H3 chip with heart rate monitor temperature sensor; expected that Taiwans Foxconn to be the main supplier for Apple media report. Apple AI glasses: Foxconn and Quanta Computer are seen as the major assembly partners with parts potentially from HTC Taimide Genius Optical Young Optics more. $AAPL #Foxconn #Quanta" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-17 01:26:25 UTC 37K followers, 20.5K engagements
"5/6 Nvidia's product cycle is driving seasonality this year with Blackwell shipments now ramping up. Blackwell Ultra is up next. $NVDA $TSM #semiconductors #AIservers #Blackwell #Foxconn #Quanta #Wistron #Inventec #Wiwynn #Gigabyte" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-11 08:03:54 UTC 36.9K followers, 3084 engagements
"Nvidias most powerful AI server platform yet GB300 will begin shipments in the 2nd half of 2025 with X Taiwan server giants expected to benefit most Foxconn the global leader as well as Quanta Wistron Wiwynn and Inventec media report with Foxconn and Quanta already testing new GB300 AI servers and most seeing shipments starting in September. $NVDA $TSM #Foxconn #Wistron #Wiwynn #Inventec #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-29 23:24:00 UTC 37K followers, 43.6K engagements
"Rumor: Nvidia has already started to prep supply chain partners for H20 production including asking TSMC for 5000 to 9000 wafers of capacity media report adding H20 production takes around 4-months due to CoWoS advanced packaging. $NVDA $TSM #China #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-25 00:53:13 UTC 37K followers, 29.3K engagements
"Amazon AWS will have its new Trainium3 AI accelerator chips made by TSMC on 3nm production technology and in future will become a customer of TSMC Arizona to reduce supply chain risk media report citing AWS VP Dave Brown and adding Taiwan contract chip designer Alchip Technologies will also do some work on Trainium3. He also reportedly said AWS still plans to work with Intel. $AMZN $TSM $INTC #trainium #semiconductor #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2024-12-05 02:03:13 UTC 36.9K followers, 23.3K engagements
"TSMC will pay NT$668 million (US$20.5 million) for a factory and side buildings in the Hsinchu Science Parks Baoshan area near existing TSMC fabs and 2nm fabs under construction media report. The factory formerly made hard drives for Japans Resonac but it ceased operations there. Several big Taiwan firms including Foxconn also put in bids for the property. TSMC will reportedly use it for offices. $TSM #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2024-07-01 23:28:41 UTC 36.9K followers, 5205 engagements
"AMD CEO Lisa Su said the premium paid for chip production at TSMC Arizona is X% to XX% versus from Taiwan Bloomberg reports adding she sees continued high demand for AI chips from big firms like OpenAI and Elon Musks xAI such that just the accelerator market will be over US$500 billion in just a couple of years so very high growth. $AMD $NVDA $TSM #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-24 00:00:55 UTC 37K followers, 12.4K engagements
"AMD plans to sell its USA server operations for up to US$4 billion with Taiwans Compal Inventec Pegatron Wistron and others interested media report noting the buyer will become an Nvidia supplier through the deal. AMD got into servers via its purchase of ZT Systems and had planned to exit production and sales to avoid competing with clients like Dell. ZT Systems has long worked with Taiwans Inventec on server assembly. $AMD $DELL $HPE" @dnystedt on X 2025-02-24 01:54:58 UTC 36.9K followers, 22.6K engagements
"TSMC may be able to double CoWoS advanced packaging capacity to 75000 wafers-per-month by mid-2025 around 6-months earlier than expected by converting plants bought from display maker Innolux and working with partners like ASE and Amkor media report noting.1/2 $TSM $ASX $AMKR $NVDA $AMD $AVGO #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-01-02 01:35:08 UTC 36.9K followers, 42.8K engagements
"Intel has dumped European fab investments including in Germany and Poland as part of its turnaround plan in addition to slowing construction in the US state of Ohio media report and warned in an SEC filing that it may be forced to abandon development of next-generation manufacturing technology 14A if it is unable to secure a significant external customer. Intel also said it will lay off XX% of workers $INTC $TSM #semiconductors #Germany #Poland" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-25 00:22:18 UTC 37K followers, 13.5K engagements
"Taiwan export orders rose XXXX% year-on-year in June to US$56.77 billion as AI continued to sizzle media report noting officials credited the strong month mainly to brisk AI-related hardware demand with some tariff-related pull-in orders. Orders for IT/telecom products rose XXXX% and electronics +35% same-month record highs. Orders from the US ASEAN Japan rose XXXX% XXXX% 38.5%" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-23 00:23:41 UTC 37K followers, 4926 engagements
"4/6 Strong growth is expected to continue as revenue typically peaks in September-November. However US tariffs may pull some 2025 demand forward impacting later sales" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-11 08:03:28 UTC 36.9K followers, XXX engagements
"Rumor: Meta has tapped MediaTek to work on a new 2nm chip named Arke aimed at AI inference with mass production seen in the 1st half of 2027 media report citing unnamed industry sources. MediaTek declined to comment. Metas Olympus chip will be revamped as an AI training chip competing with Nvidia GPUs and launch in 2028. Metas ASIC chips are currently designed by Broadcom but Meta has worked with MediaTek before on its smart glasses chip. $META $AVGO $NVDA #mediatek #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-23 00:22:59 UTC 37K followers, 46.6K engagements
"Demand for Nvidias GB10 chips aimed at putting affordable supercomputers in schools offices and small research centers (Project Digits) appears to be several times higher than originally expected media report citing unnamed industry sources. The GB10 is based on Nvidias Grace Blackwell CPU and GPU cores was jointly developed with Taiwans MediaTek and is about to enter mass production at TSMC. $NVDA $TSM $ARM #mediatek #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-15 00:32:14 UTC 36.9K followers, 32.6K engagements
"Qatar has reached out to TSMC via chip design partner Global Unichip to invite the chip giant to invest in the nation media report with an official note sent to Taoyuan City Mayor Simon Chang who passed it to Global Unichip Chairman Fan Cheng Tseng. The Qatar invitation is further evidence of TSMCs critical role in the global economy. $TSM #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2024-11-27 02:43:55 UTC 36.9K followers, 6534 engagements
"US Commerce Secretary Lutnick said Aug. X is a hard deadline for countries to begin paying reciprocal tariffs and no extensions will be granted media report. Smaller nations will likely have a baseline tariff of XX% while bigger economies will either open themselves up or theyll pay a fair tariff to America he said adding hes confident a US-EU deal will get done. #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-21 01:27:50 UTC 36.9K followers, 5311 engagements
"Japans Kioxia the NAND Flash memory chip giant sees NAND demand more than doubling over the next 5-years due to strong AI server demand and will nearly double fab capacity to keep up executives said. 1/11 $SNDK $MU $NVDA $LRCX $KLAC $AMAT $TOELY $ASML $HXSCL $SSNLF #Kioxia #semiconductors #semiconductor #NAND" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-08 06:31:38 UTC 36.9K followers, 37.4K engagements
"2/3 Another report says: Apples iPhone XX and iPhone XX Air will both use a next-generation A19 processor made using TSMCs latest 3nm process N3P citing Haitong International Securities analyst Jeff Pu. -iPhone XX Pro & Pro Max will use the A19 Pro also made on N3P -iPhone XX uses the A18 chip made on TSMCs N3E process -iPhone XX Pro uses the A17 made on TSMCs N3B process. $AAPL $TSM #iPhone17 #iPhone #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2024-11-20 02:47:43 UTC 36.9K followers, 4447 engagements
"3/3 Note: Its unclear how involved GUC will be in the projects. Contract chip designers (aka Custom ASIC designers) can take a big or small role in a project working with other chip makers. Just because one company is rumored to be working on a project does not mean another company has lost it. In fact depending on how much IP the main ASIC designer (Broadcom for example) has in a project it can be very difficult to lose a project or be replaced. It can also be counterproductive in terms of the disruption of working with new teams. So some co-designers help with certain engineering of the" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-27 00:14:55 UTC 36.9K followers, 3807 engagements
"Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expects swift US approvals for the export of H20 chips to China after a nearly 3-month long ban was lifted media report adding Nvidia will continue to upgrade the AI chips it sells to China in line with US export controls. 1/6 $NVDA $TSM $AMD $AVGO $GOOGL $AMZN #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-17 00:53:54 UTC 36.9K followers, 13.1K engagements
"A TSMC vice president that resigned last week will reportedly take over as the head of Nvidias Taiwan office media report noting Vanessa Lee a former materials manager at TSMC may lose stock options in the move. $TSM $NVDA #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-22 01:43:34 UTC 36.9K followers, 8308 engagements
"Two Taiwan AI server makers Wiwynn and Gigabyte confirmed more details about the Nvidia chip delay according to media reports. Wiwynn CFO Harry Chen is quoted saying the design and heat dissipation problems have led to delays but that the impact is insignificant and that demand for AI servers overall and Blackwell servers in particular remain strong. The company no longer expects AI servers to make up XX% of revenue in the 4th quarter due to the delays. 1/5 $NVDA $TSM $SMCI $DELL #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2024-08-16 11:47:50 UTC 36.9K followers, 36.5K engagements
"President Trump unveils 'AI Action Plan' for the US: My administration will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that the United States can build and maintain the largest most powerful and most advanced AI infrastructure anywhere on the planet. America needs new data centers new semiconductor and chip manufacturing facilities new power plants and transmission lines $NVDA $AMD $AVGO $TSM $MU #SKhynix #Samsung #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-24 02:21:24 UTC 37K followers, 7961 engagements
"TSMC plans to ramp 2nm capacity to 100000 wafers per month (wpm) next year from 40000wpm this year due to strong demand from major clients Apple AMD Intel Qualcomm MediaTek Nvidia and others media report citing unnamed industry sources and adding TSMC will double capacity again to 200000wpm in 2027 when it becomes TSMCs biggest advanced process node by capacity. $TSM $NVDA $AAPL $AMD $INTC $QCOM #mediatek #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-21 01:24:22 UTC 37K followers, 113K engagements
"Google will release its first fully self-developed smartphone chip Tensor G5 in the upcoming Pixel XX smartphone to be unveiled 8/20 media report a break from the past when Google worked with Samsung on the chip. Google also switched manufacturers tapping TSMCs 3nm process for the Tensor G5. $GOOGL $TSM #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-18 01:37:51 UTC 36.9K followers, 20.5K engagements
"TSMC led all rivals in Taiwan XXX patent applications for inventions in Taiwan in the 1st quarter media report followed by memory chip maker Nanya Technology (127) and power-supply king Delta Electronics (82). US-based Applied Materials was the 1st among foreign firms with XXX applications followed by Japans Tokyo Electron at XXX. Japan led all foreign nations with 3538 patent applications in Taiwan during the quarter. Taiwans patent office received 17063 patent applications in the 1st quarter including 12202 invention patents 3232 new utility model patents and 1629 design patents. $TSM $AMAT" @dnystedt on X 2025-05-02 01:57:08 UTC 36.9K followers, 4171 engagements
"TSMC remained Taiwans top corporate taxpayer in 2024 paying over NT$100 billion (US$3.4 billion) media report. Top corporate taxpayers for 2024 also included Foxconn Yang Ming Marine chip foundry UMC and AI server giant Quanta Computer. Taiwans corporate income tax intake rose XXX% year-on-year to NT$583.45 billion. $TSM $UMC #Foxconn #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-16 01:26:25 UTC 37K followers, 3066 engagements
"1/6 Driven by surging demand for Nvidia Blackwell-based systems Taiwan's top six AI server makers' monthly revenue is climbing at an average XXXX% year-on-year clip in 2025 up sharply from XX% last year. $NVDA $TSM #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-06-11 08:02:05 UTC 36.9K followers, 32.5K engagements
"The chairman of Quanta Computer one of Taiwans biggest AI server makers said the firm has seen robust orders this year higher than last year and therefore results will also be better this year media report. Quantas Barry Lam also said the firm is working hard to ship as much product as possible over the next few months and believes it will be able to deal effectively with the tariff issue as it operates in X locations. $AMZN $GOOGL $META $MSFT #AIservers" @dnystedt on X 2025-04-28 01:19:50 UTC 37K followers, 3957 engagements
"The chairman of Quanta Computer the AI server giant said this year will be another strong year of growth as Quanta begins shipments of Nvidia GB200 AI servers a home run product media report. Quanta began R&D on AI servers in 2016 said Barry Lam resulting in Quantas No. X spot in AI servers last year. 1/2 $NVDA $DELL $SMCI #AIservers #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-01-03 01:52:53 UTC 36.9K followers, 21.2K engagements
"Nvidia may yet face political trouble re China. $NVDA" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-18 01:42:01 UTC 36.9K followers, 11.4K engagements
"3/3 The same can be said of Nvidia. Trying to cobble together data centres from smuggled products is a losing proposition both technically and economically Nvidia told the FT. Data centres require service and support which we provide only to authorised Nvidia products. $NVDA $TSM $SMCI" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-25 00:21:40 UTC 37K followers, 2369 engagements
"Micron Technology has boosted orders for DRAM chip packaging and testing by XX% to partner Powertech Technology as Micron uses its own production lines for HBM (high bandwidth memory) to meet massive demand from AI clients media report. Taiwan is Microns biggest overseas operating base with around XX% of its DRAM capacity. $MU $HXSCL $SSNLF $NVDA $AVGO #Samsung #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-03-17 02:13:58 UTC 36.9K followers, 18.2K engagements
"South Korea semiconductor exports rose XXXX% in the first 20-days of July to US$7.89 billion while exports of passenger cars rose XXX% to $XXXX billion media report with total exports for the July 1-20 period hitting $XXXX billion down XXX% year-on-year. Exports to the US fell XXX% to $XXXX billion after rising in June ahead of expected tariffs. $MU #Samsung #SKhynix #semiconductors #semiconductor" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-22 01:44:00 UTC 37K followers, 3984 engagements
"TSMC faces more pressure to ramp up CoWoS advanced semiconductor packaging as Tier-1 clients scramble for more amid Nvidia's Blackwell ramp up including Amazon AWS AMD MediaTek Marvell Alchip others media report adding CoWoS output will see a big expansion in the 4th quarter 2025 (after X new plants open and ramp up to mass production). $TSM $NVDA $AMZN $AMD $MRVL #semiconductors #cowos" @dnystedt on X 2024-11-25 01:52:08 UTC 36.9K followers, 26.4K engagements
"Nvidia has told China customers it has limited supplies of the H20 chips it is allowed to sell to China and did not plant to restart H20 production The Information reports citing three Nvidia clients. 1/2 $NVDA $TSM #semiconductors #China" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-21 01:28:19 UTC 36.9K followers, 4790 engagements
"Nvidias most advanced AI chips Blackwell (B200) GPUs made their China debut in the months after US President Trump tightened export controls at least US$1 billion of them the FT reports citing sales contracts company filings and multiple people with direct knowledge of the deals as Nvidias B200 has become the most sought-after and widely available chip in a rampant Chinese black market for American semiconductors. Smugglers have already started advertising for the more advanced Nvidia B300. 1/3 $NVDA $TSM $SMCI #Blackwell #semiconductors" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-25 00:21:10 UTC 37K followers, 3724 engagements
"TSMC has introduced a drone team at its Arizona operations to combat worker shortages and further align with the AI trend media report adding a number of TSMC suppliers and Taiwan drone makers are expected to join including Marketech Coretronic and Thunder Tiger. $TSM #drones" @dnystedt on X 2025-07-21 01:29:36 UTC 37K followers, 12.1K engagements