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Top 10 US Semiconductor Companies 2026
The US semiconductor industry sits at the intersection of national security, AI supremacy, and economic competitiveness — and the $280B CHIPS and Science Act signed in 2022 has triggered the largest US manufacturing investment since the Interstate Highway System. The AI chip market alone is projected to exceed $500B by 2028, with NVIDIA currently capturing 70%+ of that demand. Intel's faltering manufacturing leadership, AMD's remarkable resurgence, and the geopolitical battle over TSMC's advanced nodes have made chipmaking the defining industrial story of the 2020s. These 10 companies control the technology that literally powers the modern world.
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