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China's CXMT just pulled off the biggest semiconductor IPO in mainland history, and Micron shareholders felt the tremors almost immediately. Whether that reaction is panic or opportunity depends on one critical gap between the two chipmakers.
Investor demand sends China's largest DRAM maker sharply higher
Sometimes three’s a crowd. But when it comes to the memory boom there’s room, and plenty of demand, for more chip makers.
Shares of the Chinese memory-chip company surged in their trading debut, buoying Beijing’s campaign to become a global force in semiconductors that power AI.
Shares of CXMT, China's largest memory chipmaker, soared Monday after they began trading in Shanghai in mainland China’s biggest initial public stock offering in recent years. CXMT's shares surged 472% and were trading up 462% by early afternoon. It has become the most valuable company listed on a mainland Chinese exchange, with a market capitalization of about 3.3 trillion yuan (more than $487 billion).
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South-Korea memory-chip maker SK Hynix stock offers its first buy point ahead of the firm's debut earnings report next week.
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Micron stock and SK Hynix were rising ahead of Big Tech earnings but there is a risk that big customers will look to sidestep soaring memory costs.
The rebound comes after weeks of intense selling, partly due to concerns that hyperscalers would continue investing the massive sums in AI development they had committed at the start of the year.
Micron just posted one of the most explosive quarters in semiconductor history, yet the stock has cratered nearly 14% in a single week as three distinct threats converge on the memory giant. Whether this selloff is a gift or a warning depends entirely on which scenario plays out next.
Investing.com -- U.S. stock index futures were mixed on Thursday as investors weighed lingering Middle East tensions, and focused on corporate earnings and further signs that U.S. inflationary pressures are easing.
Oversubscribed offering could revive Asian ADR listings as AI infrastructure attracts strong U.S. investor interest.
South Korean memory-chip maker SK Hynix is poised to make its U.S. trading debut on Friday. The company will trade through American depositary receipts under the Nasdaq ticker SKHY. Late Thursday, SK Hynix sold 177.
After earnings failed to lift Micron's shares, a stock split may be in order.
Semiconductor stocks broadly rose on Thursday with memory-chip makers, including Sandisk, among the top performers.

SK Hynix (000660.KS) is set to go public in the US on Friday. Hennion & Walsh chief investment officer Kevin Mahn, Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré, and Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre take a closer look at the company, the memory trade, and more.
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