Asian shares skidded Friday, with Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 down 5% as heavy selling of computer chipmakers and other AI-related shares dragged markets lower. Stocks related to artificial intelligence have been under pressure for weeks because of worries that their prices have shot too high and that voracious demand for computer memory and processors may not be sustainable if AI ends up not producing as much profit and productivity as promised. Oil prices surged as fighting in the Middle East intensified, while U.S. futures slipped.
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Investing.com - Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) unveiled its Dragonfly C1000 data center CPU and secured Meta Platforms as its first major customer on Wednesday, announcing a strategic multi-generation supply agreement at its Investor Day 2026 in New York City. Despite the milestone announcements, Qualcomm shares are trading at $193.61, down 5.15% on the session, as investors weigh the near-term cost of a separate ~$4 billion acquisition against data center revenue that won’t arrive until th
Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) is in discussions with China’s ByteDance about providing custom chip-design services, according to people familiar with the matter, as the U. S.
Qualcomm's stock was under pressure on June 1 after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a surprise move that rattled the PC chip market. At Taiwan's annual Computex conference, Huang shared that Nvidia (NVDA) is entering the personal computer processor market with a new chip developed in partnership with ...