Also, the company is closing its Tempe wafer fabrication facility due to elevated inventory levels and ample capacity. Microchip Technology is down 1.7% since the beginning of the year, and at $55.92 ...

AI company Cerebras announced its third-generation AI chip, CS-3, a "wafer-scale" silicon monstrosity designed for AI training. It's basically an entire TSMC 5nm wafer sold as a single chip.

While Microchip has aggravated investors, the possibility of upside in MCHP stock just ahead of earnings tempts speculators.

Each wafer, typically measuring 12 inches, can be used to make hundreds of chips at least, depending on the size of each chip, their design, production processes, and yield rates. For example ...

To be fair, Microchip isn’t as exciting as primary chip designers like Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) or Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD ). However, it’s more than fair to say that Microchip plays an ...