Micron (MU) stock has surged nearly 8x over the past year, pushing its market capitalization above $1 trillion. The rally has been fueled by high-bandwidth memory (HBM), which sits alongside the AI accelerators from Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD (AMD) that are at the heart of the AI infrastructure build-out.
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Nvidia stock has been in a rut but could be helped by confirmation of a new customer for its stand-alone Vera CPUs.
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Samsung reported blowout preliminary results for the last quarter, but shares declined anyway, triggering a selloff in major chip stocks.
SEOUL, July 8 (Reuters) - Shares of South Korean memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix fell as much as 4.4% and 5%, respectively, in early trade on Wednesday, tracking a broad selloff in
Shares of South Korean memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix fell as much as 4.4% and 5%, respectively, in early trade on Wednesday, tracking a broad selloff in U.S. semiconductor stocks on growing concerns about the sustainability of the AI-driven chip boom. High-flying memory and semiconductor stocks tumbled overnight, with Intel, Micron and AMD closing down 9.7%, 4.7% and 6.5%, respectively. MKTS/GLOB] Also, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index lost 4.7% as investors questioned whether AI-related spending can be sustained.
A top Chinese AI developer is apparently aiming to design and build its own processor.
Rackspace Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RXT) has gained more than 569% over the past 6 months, mainly driven by strong fiscal Q1 2026 earnings and the company’s partnership with AMD. Rackspace Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RXT) also ranks as one of the Best Performing Agentic AI Stocks to Buy. During the quarter, the company posted $678.1 million in revenue […]
I covered Wells Fargo's AMD upgrade at the start of July, making a specific case that the server CPU story was being underappreciated relative to the GPU narrative. On July 5, 57-year-old Goldman Sachs also made the same argument louder and with a bigger number. Goldman Sachs analyst James ...
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. CEO Lisa Su once revealed that her path to leading one of the world’s biggest chipmakers wasn’t carefully mapped out but shaped by curiosity, unexpected opportunities and a part-time job that changed everything. Lisa Su Says...
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) concluded the recent trading session at $513.58, signifying a -6.97% move from its prior day's close.
A printed circuit board just pushed NVIDIA’s most powerful AI system into 2028 — at least according to one research firm. Semiconductor research firm SemiAnalysis reported on July 5–6, 2026 that NVIDIA’s Kyber NVL144 rack-scale AI system has been delayed, from its planned 2027 launch to 2028. CNBC cited the SemiAnalysis post. NVIDIA publicly disputed ... A Circuit Board Problem Just Delayed Nvidia’s Next AI System to 2028 And Chip Stocks Are Already Feeling the Fallout
Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame is skeptical about the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom.

Despite a record quarter, Samsung's (005930.KS) preliminary earnings results are causing volatility in the memory sector, just ahead of SK Hynix's (000660.KS) Friday IPO. Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré takes a closer look in the video above.
The chip trade is having one of those days where every bull’s favorite narrative and every bear’s favorite chart are both correct at the same time. On Tuesday’s CNBC Morning Call Sheet segment, Steve Grasso, Warren Pies, and Doug Boneparth all zeroed in on the same signal. Samsung posted blowout earnings yet its stock fell ... Chip Stocks Just Flashed a Warning Even Wall Street’s Bulls Can’t Ignore
Domestic AI options gain budget share, survey says
AI startup Perplexity on Tuesday confirmed it plans to use Nvidia's new central processing units, as the chip giant works to broaden its market and take on entrenched players such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. Nvidia has said it expects to generate $20 billion in sales from its "Vera" CPU, a more generic computing chip than its AI-specific offerings, by the end of this fiscal year. The Vera chips are part of Nvidia's efforts to diversify sales as artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI and DeepSeek make their own AI chips.
The VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMHX) has ripped higher in 2026, gaining 58.48% year to date through July 6, and it does not own a single share of the world’s largest chipmaker. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM), the foundry that physically fabricates chips for nearly every marquee AI silicon designer, is absent by design. That absence ... This Semiconductor ETF Is Up 58% This Year and Doesn’t Own TSMC
The Invesco Semiconductors ETF (NYSEARCA:PSI) has roughly doubled this year, gaining 102.37% from December 31, 2025 through July 6, 2026. The surprise: the fund carries the word “semiconductors” in its name yet holds zero shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM), the world’s largest dedicated independent (pure-play) semiconductor foundry and the company that actually fabricates chips ... Up 102% in 2026, This Chip ETF Mysteriously Avoids Taiwan Semiconductor
Bank of America Securities Senior Semiconductor Analyst Vivek Arya believes the AI-driven semiconductor boom is still in its early stages. In a recent CNBC interview, he argued that demand for AI infrastructure continues to accelerate as artificial intelligence becomes an essential part of enterprise software. “AI is going from being just kind of a proof of ... Bank of America Analyst: AI Is Becoming “Deeply Embedded in Enterprise Workflows” as AI Spending Could Reach $1.5 Trillion
Chinese Firms Plan Major Shift Away From Nvidia and AMD Chips, Survey Finds
CBRS faces pressure from margin declines and execution risks, even as AI demand, cloud growth and OpenAI and AWS partnerships support prospects.
The deal gives the Japanese startup another chip partner as it moves closer to commercial use.
AMD's Ryzen AI Halo push is expanding local agentic AI development as demand grows for high-performance CPUs across AI PCs and servers.
AMD Ventures has taken a stake in Turing, a Japanese self-driving startup, and Turing has begun running part of its AI training on AMD chips instead of Nvidia’s. The deal itself is tiny. AMD hasn’t disclosed how much it invested, and Turing has never sold a car. Yet AMD shares jumped roughly 3% in ...
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD | AMD Price Prediction) is finally getting the AI story it has been chasing for a decade. Q1 2026 revenue landed at $10.25B, up 37.85% YoY, with Data Center now the dominant engine at $5.78B (+57%). CEO Lisa Su told investors, “Data Center now the primary driver of our revenue and ... 1 Prediction for AMD Stock Over the Next 5 Years