KRX:005930 6 August 2025 - 7 August 2025

The Chip ETF Rebound Is Hiding A $2 Trillion Surprise
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The Chip ETF Rebound Is Hiding A $2 Trillion Surprise

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF rebounded on Wednesday, but the move did not settle the sharper question hanging over the chip trade: what investors actually own when they buy a semiconductor fund. SMH last traded at about $593, up roughly 2%, a day after selling pressure pushed the fund below its 50-day moving average, a trend line that tracks the average price over the past 50 sessions and is watched by traders as a momentum gauge. Seeking Alpha said market analyst Mike Zaccardi had flagged the break as the fund headed for its weakest close since late May.
July 8, 2026
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The Ultraviolet Revolution: Inside the Invisible $150M Machines Shaping the Future of Microchips

Every modern microprocessor – from the chip in your smartphone to the CPUs powering cloud AI – is born under ultraviolet light. In fact, some of the most advanced manufacturing machines on Earth shine invisible ultraviolet lasers onto silicon wafers to etch the nanoscale circuits that make microchips work. These machines cost upwards of $150 million each, are the size of a bus, and operate with almost sci-fi complexity – yet they are the unsung workhorses behind Moore’s Law and the continuous march of faster, smaller, more efficient processors reuters.com, technologyreview.com. Industry observers have even nicknamed the latest generation of these tools “the machines that saved Moore’s Law,” because without them, making cutting-edge chips would be practically impossible cloud.google.com. This
August 7, 2025
Inside the High-Stakes World of Global Semiconductor Production
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Trillion-Dollar Chip Wars: Inside the High-Stakes World of Global Semiconductor Production

Semiconductors – those tiny silicon chips – are the brains of modern electronics, found in everything from smartphones and cars to data centers and fighter jets. In 2024, global semiconductor sales surged to over $600 billion and could hit $1 trillion by 2030, underscoring how critical chips have become to the world economy deloitte.com, blog.veolianorthamerica.com. These microchips enable trillions of dollars in downstream products and services, forming the hidden foundation of our digital lives steveblank.com. Yet over the past two years, semiconductor production has become a high-stakes arena of innovation and geopolitical tension. A pandemic-fueled chip shortage showed how fragile the supply chain can be, idling factories and driving up prices. At the same time, nations are racing to boost
August 6, 2025
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