The Mask Gets Larger

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

AI is pushing semiconductor manufacturing in two directions at once: transistors are shrinking, while the infrastructure needed to produce advanced chips is becoming larger, more complex and increasingly dependent on coordination across Europe and East Asia.

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When Record Profits Trigger Fear

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Samsung reported record profits and investors responded by selling. The reaction may reveal less about semiconductor demand itself and more about a changing market psychology as the AI economy moves from deployment towards productivity.

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