06/18/2026
🇺🇸⚡ Big moves in tech — America is back in the chip race.
President Trump announced today that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and build chips domestically — a landmark shift for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. The deal gives Apple more supply chain flexibility and strengthens its American manufacturing story at a time when chip production has become a major political issue
But here’s the catch: Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal this week that price hikes on Apple products are “unavoidable” because of the rising chip shortage — meaning your next iPhone could cost more.
📈 Markets are already reacting. Intel’s stock has surged over 8% in premarket trading, and is up 464% in the past 12 months, hitting a market cap of $608.7 billion. Semiconductor-adjacent stocks like
SanDisk, Marvell, Applied Materials, and Micron are all riding the wave as investors bet big on domestic chip demand. Intel is joining the manufacturing side of Apple’s supply chain — and this is only the beginning.
The reshoring of American chip production isn’t just a headline. It’s a generational shift in how we build the tech that powers the world.
Is paying more for Apple products worth bringing manufacturing back home? Drop your thoughts below. 👇