Professor James Rondinelli collaborated with IBM to help turn simulations into potential practical chip designs.

India is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in building up a computer chip industry.

Semiconductor chips that process light rather than electricity could boost processing speeds and reduce energy use.

A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.

Let’s break down what’s happening with the main semiconductor equipment suppliers. The market for semiconductor equipment is ...