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Qualcomm (QCOM) CFO and COO Akash Palkhiwala joins Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley to discuss the AI chipmaker's announced acquisition of AI software infrastructure startup Modular.

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June 25 (Reuters) - What matters in U. and global markets today , Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Micron Technology's impressive earnings update and demand forecasts on Wednesday have reheated the shaky chip sector, lifting the trillion-dollar memory chip maker's stock about ‌14% overnight and igniting a tech rally around the world on Thursday.

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Nasdaq jumps amid revived confidence in the AI trade, as Fed-favored inflation print keeps rate hikes in play.

Nasdaq jumps amid revived confidence in the AI trade, as Fed-favored inflation print keeps rate hikes in play.

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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

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The deal gives Qualcomm access to Modular's AI-native software stack and engineering talent, including a team that helped build key components of the current AI infrastructure.

The chipmaker will issue up to 19.2 million shares to Modular's equity holders as it pushes deeper into data center AI

Qualcomm agreed to acquire the AI software company Modular for about $3.9 billion, in a bid to make artificial intelligence faster and cheaper for its customers.

Investors are looking forward to another week of chip-stock reveals. Qualcomm has its investor conference, and Micron reports earnings a day after a sharp decline in its stock. The Federal Reserve meanwhile will get another data point on the inflation picture, with the PCE (price consumption expenditures) index.

Qualcomm is in talks to provide chip-design services to China's ByteDance, four people familiar with the matter said, as the U.S. company seeks ‌to reduce dependence on the smartphone market, its biggest revenue source. If successful, the ‌negotiations would make ByteDance, the parent of short-video platform TikTok, an early customer of Qualcomm's chip-design services operation. ​Qualcomm is the world's largest supplier of smartphone modem chips, which manage cellular communications.

Investing.com -- Bank of America has raised its price target on Qualcomm (QCOM) from $165 to $195, though the firm is maintaining its "Underperform" rating ahead of the company’s Investor Day on Wednesday, June 24. The revised target is the result of BofA rolling its valuation forward to calendar year (CY) 2028 estimates, applying a 15x price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple. The bank’s underlying financial estimates remain unchanged, which includes projecting roughly $2.5 billion in CY 2028 AI revenu

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Investors are looking forward to another week of chip stock reveals. Qualcomm is expected to give more details about its business at its investor conference. Micron, the latest trillion-dollar semiconductor company, reports earnings, as do FedEx, Cerebras and Carnival.

Qualcomm is reportedly closing in on a multi-billion-dollar acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Modular as part of an aggressive strategic shift to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the AI infrastructure market.

Qualcomm is in advanced discussions to acquire Modular Inc in a ‌transaction valuing the AI chip company at ‌about $4 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people ​familiar with the matter. A global ⁠supplier of smartphone chips, Qualcomm has been working to reduce its reliance ⁠on the volatile handset market by branching out into fast-growing areas like data center processors and ​autonomous vehicle ​chips. • A deal ‌could be announced in the coming weeks, though talks could still fall through or the details could change, Bloomberg said.

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Memory giant Micron (MU) will report its third quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, providing another update on the broader AI build-out.

Investors are looking forward to another week of chip stock reveals. Qualcomm is expected to give more details about its contract with a major data-center customer at its investor conference. Micron, the latest trillion-dollar semiconductor company, reports earnings.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +1.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.48%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) rose +1.15%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.15%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.23%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.30%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.17%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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Qualcomm (QCOM) CEO Cristiano Amon told CNBC this week that AI agents will displace apps as the primary way consumers interact with their devices. That is not a modest claim. It puts Qualcomm in direct opposition to the app store model that has defined mobile computing for nearly two decades. Amon ...

Bernstein maintained its Market-Perform rating on Qualcomm following the report, making no changes to its financial model. Rasgon wrote: "We make no changes to our model at this time, and await any further newsflow that might be forthcoming into the company's analyst day in a couple of weeks. We rate Qualcomm Market-Perform."

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.04%, and the actively tr

Smartphone exposure haunts the stock despite diversifying into cars and data centers.