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Advanced Micro Devices just got a fresh vote of confidence from one of Wall Street's most accurate stock pickers, even as the chip giant's shares took a beating after earnings. JPMorgan analyst Harlan Sur raised his price target on AMD (AMD) to $550 from $385 recently, according to a research note ...

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has spent 2026 proving it can compete with Nvidia in the artificial intelligence race. Its stock has more than doubled this year, and its data center business is growing fast. Now AMD is trying something different. The company just bought a small Toronto startup ...

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The Toronto-based startup, founded in 2023, has raised $219 million and builds chips hardwired for specific AI models

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Twenty years ago, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) spent the better part of a decade selling processors into a market Intel dominated, waiting for the moment Intel could not keep pace with demand on its own. That moment eventually arrived, and AMD converted patience into real share of the server ...

Advanced Micro Devices said on Thursday it would buy chip startup Taalas for an undisclosed amount, ‌strengthening its technology as it taps into the rapidly growing ‌market for AI inference workloads. Toronto-based Taalas develops specialized silicon designed to reduce computing ​and memory bottlenecks in AI inference, the process of running trained AI models to generate responses or predictions. Specialized inference chips have become a critical focus for semiconductor makers as AI shifts from training to real-time, ‌high-volume deployment, and companies ⁠race to cut computing costs.

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SpaceX stock closed down 14% after Musk said the company will build AI infrastructure exclusively on Nvidia chips.

Aug 6 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures were steady on Thursday after this week's record-breaking rally as investors awaited details on a Middle East peace deal, while Nasdaq futures slipped as

U. S. stock index futures traded with little direction on Thursday as investors monitored diplomatic developments involving Iran, assessed another round of corporate earnings and looked ahead to key labour market data due later this week.

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Analysts raised price targets after earnings, while bullish retail traders said AMD could climb as high as $800 on AI-driven growth.

SpaceX's first quarterly report since its IPO sent shockwaves through the AI chip trade, rewarding one ETF with a 21% single-session surge while punishing a chipmaker that just posted record revenue. The winner and loser share the same catalyst.

Advanced Micro Devices has had a stellar year so far. AMD shares were down around 5% on Wednesday following its earnings the previous day. The big question hangs over AMD’s ability to take market share from Nvidia’s graphics-processing units.

Investors have plenty of reasons to be uncertain right now. But that has not wholly shaken companies' faith in their ability to deliver strong earnings growth this year.

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday, as hopes of a Middle East peace breakthrough offset the slide in shares of SpaceX and AMD after the upbeat forecasts issued by

AMD stock plunged after another strong quarter.

By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan Aug 5 (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Dow edged up on Wednesday on hopes of a Middle East peace breakthrough, while ones tied to the Nasdaq

AMD stock fell on Wednesday as analysts said the stock had been priced for exceptional results.

AMD stock fell on Wednesday as analysts said the stock had been priced for exceptional results.

$1.4 trillion That's how big the market for data center AI accelerators—microchips designed to process tasks like machine learning—will be by 2030, according to Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su. During yesterday's earnings call, she said the data-center market is expanding “far more rapidly than we projected just six months ago," boosting her company's growth prospects.

US stock futures edged higher on Wednesday as investors reacted to renewed hopes of easing tensions in the Middle East, while corporate earnings from SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) drove significant pre-market trading. Although geopolitical developments supported overall market sentiment, investors also assessed company-specific news, particularly Elon Musk’s latest comments, which weighed on both SpaceX and AMD shares.

Nvidia stock was gaining early Wednesday after the chip maker got a vote of confidence from Elon Musk’s SpaceX It might not be hurting that its chief artificial-intelligence processor rival Advanced Micro Devices looks set for a bad day. Nvidia shares were up 2.5% at $217.30 in the premarket. The move comes after SpaceX said it would exclusively use Nvidia AI chips.

AMD's Q2 2026 results showcase record revenue of $11.5 billion, with data center revenue more than doubling year-over-year, driven by strong AI demand and strategic partnerships.