Introduction And 2025 made you think you were wrong by the chip industry. The previous year was not only hectic but also volatile. We witnessed CEO firings, billion-dollar deals collapsing, export regulations reversing like a fish in a tank, and plenty of regulatory whiplash to make any human being have a headache. I have been covering the U.S. semiconductor market over the years, and frankly speaking? 2025 is probably one of the shakiest whole market periods that I have ever seen. It was like we had to read a new revelation after a week between threats of tariffs by the…