In Q2 2025, global revenues of contract semiconductor manufacturers rose 14.6% to a record $41.7 billion, according to TrendForce. The lion’s share went to TSMC, which strengthened its dominance to 70.2%, earning over $30 billion in just three months.
Nearly three-quarters of TSMC’s revenue comes from technologies at 7nm and below, with 3nm production accounting for around a quarter of total sales. These chips power Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs, AMD’s Zen 5 processors, and Apple computers with M-series chips. Demand was also supported by the recovery of the smartphone market after several tough years and by PC makers preparing to launch new AI-enabled laptops this fall.
TSMC has secured its advantage through technological leadership and advanced packaging capabilities, which are critical for integrating memory and compute units. This enabled the company to meet record demand for chips powering data centers and consumer electronics.
Competitors remain far behind. Samsung posted 9% growth in this segment, but its market share stood at just 7.2%. Its key orders included smartphone processors and the main chip for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2. Meanwhile, China’s SMIC lost 1.7% in revenue, dropping to a 5.1% market share due to difficulties in advanced process manufacturing.
Klarna shares jumped 30% during the long-awaited debut in New York, valuing the Swedish fintech at $19.65 billion. This marked the end of years of anticipation for the company’s IPO and highlighted the recovery of the broader U.S. IPO market. The stock opened at $52 per share, compared with the IPO price of $40. The […]
Private equity firm GTCR has reached a €4.1 billion ($4.8 billion) deal to acquire Czech generics drugmaker Zentiva from Advent International, Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. Reuters was unable to immediately confirm the information. GTCR, Advent, and Zentiva did not respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. According to the report, the transaction […]
Tesla’s share of the U.S. auto market dropped in August to its lowest level in eight years, Reuters reports. Elon Musk’s company, which once controlled more than 80% of the U.S. EV market, accounted for just 38% in August. For the first time since October 2017, Tesla’s share fell below 40%. By comparison, Tesla EVs […]
Ford’s August sales data show that the electric crossover Mustang Mach-E outsold its gasoline “sibling” by more than two-to-one, according to Carscoops. Last month, 7,226 Mustang Mach-Es were sold in the U.S. — a 35.3% increase compared to August 2024. By contrast, the traditional gasoline Mustang sold just 3,235 units, or half as many. While […]
Worldwide chip sales in July rose by 20.6% year-on-year, reaching $62.1 billion. Compared to June, the semiconductor market grew by 3.6%, according to a press release from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Sales in North and South America jumped 23.9% year-on-year, in China by 10.4%, in Europe by 5.7%, and in the Asia-Pacific and other […]
The late designer Giorgio Armani instructed his heirs to gradually sell the fashion house he founded 50 years ago or to take it public. This is stated in his will, according to Reuters. Giorgio Armani died at the age of 91, leaving no children who could inherit his fashion empire, which industry analysts value at […]
In August, Ukraine’s vehicle fleet grew by more than 2,800 hybrid passenger cars (HEVs and PHEVs), which is 7% more than in July, Ukravtoprom reports. It is noted that the share of new cars in this number increased by 4 percentage points compared to the previous month, reaching 56%. In the new passenger car segment, […]
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has overtaken Elon Musk in the race for the title of the world’s richest person, Bloomberg reports. Ellison’s fortune surged by more than $100 billion thanks to an unprecedented rally in Oracle’s stock following the company’s quarterly earnings release. The results, published Tuesday evening in New York after markets closed, exceeded […]
India’s largest buyer of Russian oil, Reliance Industries, has shifted to purchasing crude from Middle Eastern countries and the United States following the U.S. sanctions imposed on Lukoil, Rosneft, and their subsidiaries, Bloomberg reported, citing traders. India has begun purchasing several grades of crude oil from Iraq and Qatar, including Saudi Khafji, Iraqi Basrah Medium, […]
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For the first time, the National Bank has identified a list of critical infrastructure facilities in the banking system of Ukraine. This was reported on the regulator’s website on Friday, April 23. It is noted that such powers of the NBU are provided by the Law on Basic Principles of Cyber Security of Ukraine. “Objects […]
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Ukraine’s steel industry risks losing billions of dollars and a key export market due to the full implementation of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). It is noted that the new environmental levy has already begun to apply to Ukraine. And despite the fact that the country is entitled to a deferral, it has […]
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Customers of the Colonial Pipeline pipeline network, which was restarted after the cyber attack, are having trouble. In particular, they may not reserve fuel supplies, update applications or perform other online access activities. This was announced on Tuesday, May 18, citing anonymous sources among shippers, Bloomberg reports. The company itself said in a comment to […]
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The taxi service of the international Chinese company DiDi Chuxing intends to conduct the initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. As reported by Reuters on Tuesday, citing sources, this may happen in the first half of 2021. By the time of the IPO, the estimated value of DiDi will be more […]
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The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on Wednesday, August 4, approved an energy security strategy. During the presentation of the document, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said that the strategy identifies, in particular, 29 threats to energy security, the key of which are cyber threats, Russian aggression, depreciation of fixed assets, lack of energy reserves, […]
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Enterprises and institutions of the space industry of Ukraine increased the net loss to 1.038 billion hryvnias from January to September 2020. This is 23 times more than in the first nine months of last year. In 2019, for the same period, the net loss amounted to 44.3 million hryvnias, according to the press service […]
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Tesla shares reached their new peak on Thursday jumping 7.95% to a price of $1208.66. The manufacturer of electric cars Tesla was rated as the world most expensive automaker (in terms of market capitalization), overtaking the world leader Toyota Motor. Since the beginning of the year, Tesla shares have risen by 189% having climbed 166% […]
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JSC Ukrzaliznytsia has announced the introduction of five additional trains that will operate across different regions of Ukraine, the company’s press service reported. Additional trains scheduled for this autumn include: No. 249/250 Kyiv – LvivDepartures from Kyiv and Lviv: August 27, 28. No. 220/219 Kyiv – DniproDepartures from Kyiv and Dnipro: August 25, 28, 30, […]
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The American producer of vegetable meat products Impossible Foods expects that investors will estimate it at $ 10 billion during the listing. The company plans to go public this year, but has not yet decided how to become a public company, reports Reuters, citing knowledgeable interlocutors. According to them, the company is now exploring the […]
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Ukraine plans to attract $ 5 billion in investments this year. Deputy Minister of Economic Development Iryna Novikova stated this at the Ukraine 30 business forum. The Ministry of Economy believes that this amount of investment will be able to attract thanks to concessions, support for large investment projects and industrial parks. Thus, Novikova noted […]
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Ukraine can produce an average of about 5.5 billion cubic meters of “green” hydrogen annually. This was announced on Monday, March 29, by the State Agency for Energy Efficiency. Experts of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe with the support of the Ministry of Energy and the State Agency conducted studies of the potential […]
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The Antimonopoly Committee drew the line under the proceedings between the Ukrainian “daughter” of the German firm Rehau and its namesake – the Kyiv production company Rehau. Both work in the window market under the Rehau brand. By the decision of the AMCU the Rehau production company is obliged within a month to abandon from […]
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On January 12, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the winner of the tender to develop the Dobra lithium deposit under a production sharing agreement (PSA) mechanism. This was announced by Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko. “A pilot project for the development of mineral resources — the Dobra lithium deposit site in the Kirovohrad region,” she said. […]
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The downturn in Ukraine’s economy in the first four months of 2021 slowed to 0.2%, according to a preliminary estimate by the Ministry of Economy. “The Ministry of Economy estimates a slight reduction in GDP at 0.2% (down 2% in the first quarter of 2021 by 4.9% over the four months of 2020),” the statement […]
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The Danish Board of Appeal for the Environment and Foodstuffs has revoked the permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency for the construction of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline. “On July 12, 2019, the Danish Environmental Protection Authority issued an environmental permit for the construction of the Baltic Pipe. On May 31, 2021, the Environmental […]
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