Entity

Semiconductor

The chips at the heart of all modern electronics; their supply chain is a focus of industrial policy and U.S.–China competition.

As of 17 Oct 2026Last evidence 17 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • South Korea's Kospi index sinks more than 7% on semiconductor share sell-off over AI boom worries

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 15 separate publishers

  • Why October 15 Could Change Everything for Taiwan Semiconductor Stock

    Reported claim · first reported 12 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

All 2 events and claims involving Semiconductor

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 101 mentions on 17 Oct 2026, against 27 on 26 Sept 2026 (+274%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from rising to steady on 17 Oct 2026 (1 change recorded since 7 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 16 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

2,984 documents · 320 publishers · 1% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 17 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.013: about 99% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 2 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Semiconductor

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

AIChinaNvidiaSouth KoreaSK hynixSamsung Electro…TSMCTaiwanSeoul
  • AI · 2,107 shared documents
  • China · 818 shared documents
  • Nvidia · 692 shared documents
  • South Korea · 655 shared documents
  • Supply Chain · 518 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • SK hynix · 511 shared documents
  • Samsung Electronics · 492 shared documents
  • TSMC · 462 shared documents
  • Taiwan · 386 shared documents
  • Seoul · 383 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 101 mentions on 17 Oct 2026 with 27 on 26 Sept 2026 (+274%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +818% from 2 Sept 2026 to 17 Oct 2026, between 4 and 207 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Semiconductor, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

No open prediction market prices a question materially about Semiconductor yet. Ask about Semiconductor

No market price on file: no prediction market prices a question about this name yet

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Events involving Semiconductor

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • South Korea's Kospi index sinks more than 7% on semiconductor share sell-off over AI boom worries

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 15 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Why October 15 Could Change Everything for Taiwan Semiconductor Stock

    Reported claim · first reported 12 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

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Semiconductor

Entity.

Evidence
2,984 documents · 320 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 12 Mar 2026, last seen 17 Oct 2026
Measured
1% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
17 Oct 2026
12 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (2)

  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.
  • Could not check: We could not count this claim's sources, so we do not say how well it is supported.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Semiconductor, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Markets materially about Semiconductor

Markets whose question is about Semiconductor or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Semiconductor and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

  • 43.5% Yes

    “Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) Q3 gross profit margin 68% to 69%?”

    Polymarket · priced 17 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “semiconductor” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question

What it connects to

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Recorded history

  • 17 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 27 Sept 2026

1 change recorded since 7 Oct 2026, newest first.

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