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South Korean shares slumped more than 8%, as jitters over the valuations of companies riding the artificial-intelligence boom rattled the world’s best-performing market this year.
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IBM (IBM) hasn’t built a commercial computer chip of its own in nearly a decade. On Thursday, June 25, the company said its research labs had cracked something the rest of the chip industry hasn’t managed yet. The breakthrough has nothing to do with software, and everything to do with one tiny ...
Samsung Group will announce its plan to invest 1,000 trillion won ($647.53 billion) for 10 years in South Korea on June 29, which might include a 300 trillion won spend in building chip factories in the southwest of the country, a media report said on Friday. ($1 = 1,544.3200 won) (Reporting by Heejin Kim)
Memory chipmakers have for decades been trapped in boom-bust cycles, with capacity buildouts hitting the market just as demand craters. Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix are now trying to convince investors this time is different, arguing long-term deals will keep cash flowing even if the datacenter boom bursts. Micron said on Wednesday customers such as Nvidia had committed $22 billion to lock in supplies of memory chips, playing up huge growth in five-year "take-or-pay" deals that require clients to either buy its chips or hand over cash.
Micron Technology edged past the market valuation of Meta Platforms and briefly Tesla's for the first time on Thursday, after the memory chipmaker's solid forecast helped extend its AI-driven ascent. The company's shares were last up 18.4% at $1,236, giving it a market capitalization of $1.398 trillion, compared with Meta's $1.392 trillion. Tesla had a market value stood of $1.4 trillion.
Micron Technology stock surged ahead of the open Thursday after the memory chip maker reported strong third-quarter earnings. Micron reported adjusted earnings per share of $25.11. Micron’s closely watched adjusted gross margin was 85%, again beating Wall Street’s consensus.
STOCKS Asian equity markets were mostly higher after memory-chip maker Micron’s blockbuster results eased artificial-intelligence fears and oil slumped toward prewar levels as Middle East tensions continued to ratchet down.
South Korean semiconductor shares rallied on Thursday after U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology's quarterly results and forecast beat expectations, boosting optimism over sustained demand for AI-related chips. Shares of SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics rose as much as 11.6% and 6.2%, respectively, in early trade, tracking a rally in U.S. chip stocks after Micron's earnings and outlook reinforced confidence in the memory sector. The rally also followed SK Hynix's announcement on Wednesday of plans to raise up to 45.45 trillion won ($29.52 billion) through a secondary listing on Nasdaq, as it seeks to capitalise on strong investor appetite for AI stocks.
When you think about memory chips, you might think of South Korea. That’s because semiconductor companies Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix dominate that market. But Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) has been gaining momentum. The Idaho-based company is the only US manufacturer of cutting-edge DRAM ...
Micron (MU) reported third quarter results on Wednesday after the closing bell. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $25.11 (compared to analyst estimates of $20.49), and revenue came in at $41.46 billion (compared to analyst estimates of $35.69 billion). CFRA Research senior vice president and equity analyst Angelo Zino chats with Yahoo Finance about the results.
Micron Technology forecast quarterly revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling that insatiable demand for AI-related infrastructure will continue to drive strong demand for its memory chips. Shares of the company rose around 4% in extended trading. The company expects fourth-quarter revenue of $50 billion, plus or minus $1 billion, compared with analysts' average estimate of $43.58 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.
Qualcomm is expected to use its investor day on Wednesday to lay out a push beyond its core smartphone business into the fast-growing, but highly competitive, market for AI data center chips. Analysts expect the San Diego-based company to name new customers for its AI chips as it tries to gain a foothold in a market dominated by Nvidia. The shift reflects mounting pressure in the smartphone market, where Qualcomm is one of the world’s largest chip suppliers to Android device makers.
SK Hynix, the giant South Korean chipmaker, formally filed on Wednesday to list its stock on the Nasdaq, in what would be another multibillion-dollar, AI-related IPO. The company, which primarily makes memory chips, plans to raise $29 billion, reports said. SK Hynix is the largest company in South Korea's Kospi index, representing nearly 28% of the index's weighting, according to FactSet.
U.S. stock futures were mostly higher after AI-bubble fears prompted a two-day slide in tech shares.
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Nasdaq futures were up after the selloff halted a boom in AI-related stocks. Micron Technology earnings after the close will be closely watched.
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Micron’s fourth-quarter outlook will be closely watched. The red-hot memory stock needs a big number.
Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday following a sell-off in big technology stocks from Asia to Wall Street. U.S. stock futures were also trading mixed, as global investors monitor market movements in Japan and South Korea, which have seen big gains in recent months on the global AI boom but both fell sharply on Tuesday. Samsung Electronics was up 3.7% after Tuesday’s 12.3% plummet.
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SK Hynix's overtaking of Samsung Electronics to become South Korea's most valuable firm was the culmination of 14 years of bets that brought it skepticism and scorn but ultimately put it at the centre of the global AI gold rush. In 2012, conglomerate SK Group acquired Hynix Semiconductor in a deal that was considered financially irresponsible. Samsung, in contrast, was valued at more than 10 times SK Hynix and was the global leader in Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM), a memory type that powers laptops and smartphones.
Samsung Electronics plans a share buyback programme worth 90 trillion won ($58.61 billion) after agreeing to give a bonus in stock to employees following recent wage talks, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday. The memory-chip maker will soon announce details on the plan, Yonhap said, citing unidentified industry sources. Management and union last month reached a pay deal under which Samsung is expected to set aside about 10.5% of its operating profit for special bonuses for the chip division in the form of stocks, sparking concerns over inequality at the company.
South Korea's government is in talks with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix over plans for the next phase of large-scale investments in semiconductor production facilities, an official said on Wednesday, adding an announcement on a new chip cluster would be made soon. "Exponential and explosive" growth in demand for chips driven by the AI industry could require the two companies to speed up ongoing construction of new chip facilities by more than 10 years to 2034-2035, presidential policy adviser Kim Yong-beom told a discussion panel.
Micron stock is dropping after SK Hynix and Samsung stocks tumbled Tuesday on the KOSPI index as the tech selloff gathers pace.
Micron’s Anthropic agreement keeps the AI-memory story in view, with earnings set to show whether HBM demand, pricing, and margins can support expectations after the pullback.
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