Microchip Technology Incorporated MCHP

Applied Materials (AMAT) sold a record $7 billion of chipmaking tools in fiscal Q3 2026. That was about 77% of its $9.1 billion in revenue for the quarter. When you own the stock, you mostly own those tool sales. A record that large is easy to read as the new normal. So what might Applied Materials investors be overlooking about those tool sales.

In late September 2026, Microchip Technology expanded its 10BASE-T1S Single Pair Ethernet portfolio with the LAN8679 and LAN8680 PMD transceivers and the LAN8660X/1X/2X integrated endpoint family, aiming to simplify Ethernet-based zonal architectures in automotive, industrial and robotics applications while meeting AEC-Q100 and ISO 26262 functional safety standards. An interesting angle is how these multidrop, space-efficient devices are designed to cut wiring complexity and gateway use,...