Topic summary
69%34 analyzed articles/videos17,863 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Semiconductors results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 4,953 hits. Analysis detected 65,194 faulty-reasoning hits from 73,454 analyzed words across 34 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 28% (15,706 of 21,827 topics). This Semiconductors is better (less manipulative) than 72.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510028.0% percentile
1.8% BS Score34 analyzed articles73.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.3%6.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.1%3.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.2%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

SpaceX picks Nvidia’s Rubin chips as brain of Starmind AI1 orbital data center satellite14%
Interesting Engineering73%By Aamir Khollam64%8/4/2026, 2:39:34 PM
New Micron lawsuit reignites fight over New York fab — complaint alleges 'forever chemicals' will flow into Oneida River36%
Tom's Hardware62%By Jake Roach7%8/3/2026, 11:04:36 AM
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is fighting 'a hundred-year flood' on memory pricing — expects to pay even more for memory in September following recent price hikes8%
Tom's Hardware62%By Luke James53%7/31/2026, 7:54:55 AM
Tim Cook signed off on his final Apple earnings call with a warning about a ‘hundred year flood’ in memory chip pricing66%
Fortune72%By Alexei Oreskovic78%7/30/2026, 5:28:07 PM
Commerce Backs $874 Million in AI Chip Research28%
Newsmax87%By Solange Reyner81%7/30/2026, 4:59:36 PM
Tim Cook says more memory suppliers may not necessarily mean lower product prices34%
9to5Mac74%By Marcus Mendes45%7/30/2026, 4:07:21 PM
Report: Apple and Micron clash before Trump over Chinese memory chips34%
9to5Mac74%By Marcus Mendes45%7/24/2026, 7:03:00 PM
Qualcomm is about to raise prices and that’s bad news for everyone56%
The Verge71%By Stevie Bonifield68%7/24/2026, 12:14:23 PM
AMD’s Lisa Su defends open-source AI following Hugging Face security breach caused by OpenAI agents57%
Fortune72%By Sebastian Herrera59%7/23/2026, 4:06:59 PM
Oregon awarded $160M to expand the semiconductor industry and boost economic development25%
OPB18%By Allison Frost21%7/23/2026, 1:29:21 PM