Shares have fallen in Asia, with South Korea’s benchmark dropping more than 5%, after sharp declines for some big artificial intelligence-related stocks in the U.S. On Wall Street on Thursday, computer chipmaker Broadcom’s shares sank 12.6% when it gave a forecast that fell short of investors’ expectations, raising concerns over the wider AI and technology sector. U.S. memory chip maker Micron Technology dropped 7.7%, and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings fell 3.8%.
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GIMPO, South Korea, June 5 (Reuters) - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Friday that he sees robotics as the next major sector in South Korea.
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook The drawdown in tech stocks that has followed a narrow earnings miss at U.S. chipmaker Broadcom deepened in Asia on Friday,
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South Korea's labour minister called on the country's major tech firms to share the spoils of their massive windfall profits, warning that unprecedented chip-sector gains stemming from the AI boom risked widening a gap in inequality. In an interview, Kim Young-hoon told Reuters that companies like Samsung Electronics that outperform profit targets should consider sharing excess gains with suppliers, subcontractors and their workers, after deducting taxes, given their contributions to corporate growth. The South Korean government, businesses, unions and suppliers should engage in a public dialogue on how to share such "excess profits" and narrow the gap between large conglomerates and smaller suppliers, he said.
It's time for a bit of a reality check. Chip stocks are losing value while the broader market is getting a boost. Evidence rests in PHLX Semiconductor, popularly known as SOX, which was down 1.7% this afternoon.
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Micron stock was falling Thursday, with one analyst predicting memory-chip prices might be approaching a ceiling.

<body><p>STORY: From Jensen Huang's star turn at Computex to Anthropic's move to go public...</p><p>This is AI Weekly. </p><p>:: AI Weekly</p><p>Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang headlined Computex in Taiwan.</p><p>He showed off Nvidia's new Vera central processing unit - or CPU.</p><p>And he unveiled the RTX Spark PC chip, which brings AI capabilities directly into laptops and desktop computers.</p><p>“There is no question this reinvention of the computer is as big of a deal as the reinvention of the phone into what we now know as the smartphone. And so this is the beginning of that journey."</p><p>The Nvidia boss was a big draw at Computex, and dined with executives from the likes of Samsung and SK Hynix.</p><p>Dell shares rocketed higher after the computer maker lifted revenue and profit expectations.</p><p>The U.S. giant scored big from soaring demand for AI-optimized servers used in data centers.</p><p>Dell also heavily raised its annual revenue forecast up to $169 billion.</p><p>It's benefiting as tech giants like Alphabet and Amazon aim to spend over $700 billion on AI-related infrastructure this year.</p><p>AI giant Anthropic said it has filed paperwork to go public.</p><p>It gives it a lead over rival and ChatGPT owner OpenAI in a race that could define the future business shape of AI.</p><p>The Claude maker didn't reveal the size or the terms of the offering. </p><p>Its last fundraising round gave it a valuation of nearly $1 trillion, making it worth more than OpenAI.</p><p>Broadcom shares plunged as much as 13% after its latest results.</p><p>Investors were disappointed by the U.S. firm's outlook for demand, while second-quarter revenue also fell short of Wall Street hopes.</p><p>Broadcom said it expects AI chip revenue of $16 billion in the third quarter - just below expectations.</p><p>But CEO Hock Tan said the firm's long-range forecast for AI chip sales was unchanged at $100 billion.</p><p>And Google parent Alphabet said it's looking to raise $80 billion in equity offerings.</p><p>It wants the money to fund a costly expansion of its AI infrastructure.</p><p>That includes a $10 billion investment from Berkshire Hathaway.</p><p>The deal positions Warren Buffett's company as a major investor, and adds a high-profile endorsement of Alphabet's long-term AI and cloud strategy.</p></body>
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When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes his second visit to South Korea in just seven months this week, it won't be only to meet top memory chip and robotics executives, but to throw the first pitch at a baseball game and appear on a TV talk show. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix between them make about 70% of the memory needed for AI chips like Nvidia's. And the country's strength in manufacturing and robotics sets it up to be a key player in physical AI, where AI is embedded in robots, cars and factories. "Nvidia's dependence on South Korean suppliers is rising," Jeff Kim, an analyst at Seoul-based KB Securities, wrote in a research note.
SK Hynix told investors this week it received "tremendously positive" feedback on its proposed U.S. listing as the chipmaker benefits from strong demand for advanced memory semiconductors needed to run AI data centers, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. SK Hynix told some investors this week that it had "tremendously positive" feedback from stockholders to its U.S. listing plan given AI demand and the company's competitive position in the memory-chip market, the person said. The company, a major supplier to Nvidia, expects a U.S. listing to broaden its investor base, as some U.S.-based institutional investors invest in U.S.-listed stocks only due to internal mandates, the person said.
Broadcom saw its shares surge after it unveiled its Edge AI broadband portfolio.
The South Korean tech giant confirmed it will relocate to its existing Plano campus by year's end, less than a year after opening a New Jersey facility
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Micron stock is adding to its more than tenfold gain in the past year, but investors should keep an eye on rising Chinese memory-chip production.
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AI Optimism Sends Broadcom Stock Higher Ahead of Key Results
SK Hynix plans to double memory capacity over five years as AI chip shortages continue pressuring global supply.
The world's most valuable technology companies with the exception of Alphabet added billions of dollars in market value in May, as upbeat earnings outlooks and strong demand for AI chips fuelled a rally in their shares. Apple, memory chipmakers Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix led the gains, adding $598 billion, $512 billion, $481 billion and $377 billion, respectively, in market value. Their valuations rose to $4.58 trillion, $1.09 trillion, $1.10 trillion and $1.34 trillion, respectively.