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China's largest foundry posted a 93.7% utilization rate and tripled shareholder profit to $479.2 million in Q2, then announced another price increase for Q3.

U.S. wholesale inflation fell to 4.7% annually in July from 5.5% in June, pushing September Fed hike odds below 40% and lifting Japanese and Korean equities.

Advanced Micro Devices priced a four-tranche senior unsecured note offering expected to raise $4.75 billion, with settlement set for Aug. 17.

Jim Cramer named Intel as a top holding and flagged a memory chip addition and a semiconductor breakout play at the Club's August monthly meeting.

Advanced Micro Devices hit record quarterly revenue as data center and AI accelerator sales drove growth, even as investors weigh valuation risk.

Japan secures $37 billion in foreign chip investment, reversing decades of decline through aggressive subsidies and bilateral cooperation aimed at economic security.

Loongson Technology, backed by state funding, aims to put 50 million domestically made school computers into Chinese classrooms annually by 2030 despite U.S. export restrictions.

The components maker lifted its full-year earnings forecast 50 percent on AI data center demand, even as Q1 operating profit fell well short of consensus.

The world's largest printed circuit board maker is pouring capital into server and optical communication products as AI demand drives record monthly revenue.

The Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing joint venture in Kumamoto gives Sony majority control, with production of next-generation smartphone image sensors targeted for 2029.

Micron posted fiscal Q3 revenue of $41.46B and EPS of $25.11, crushing estimates, with the Street's $158 forward EPS estimate cutting the forward P/E to 11.99.

Calamos Timpani's Brandon Nelson sees the semiconductor selloff as a momentum pullback, not a structural break, citing unbroken earnings strength across AI buildout names.

Taiwanese chip designer Alchip Technologies posted record NT$7.43 billion in July revenue, driven by mass production of custom AI chips built on TSMC's N3P process.

Intel shares have fallen 18 percent over five consecutive sessions, erasing roughly $98 billion in market value as a $15 billion stock offering sharpens doubts about its turnaround.

Seoul commits 10 trillion won in direct funding and trade finance to build out local chip materials, equipment and fabless firms.

SpaceX's AI infrastructure expansion may prompt Nvidia to prioritize its chip allocations, tightening GPU supply for neocloud providers CoreWeave and Nebius.

Record profits at Samsung and SK Hynix are lifting a new tier of highly paid workers and forcing the government to weigh how to distribute a windfall tax surplus.

The Nasdaq fell 0.8 percent as semiconductor stocks sold off broadly, while gold climbed to its highest level since June on cooling inflation expectations.

Seoul is weighing how to distribute profits from its dominant AI chip industry without deterring private investment.

The South Korean chip designer plans a 2026 domestic listing at a reported KRW 1 trillion valuation, backed by $103 million across four private rounds.

Investors reassessing AI infrastructure spending have good reason to stay on the sidelines with Micron Technology as oversupply risk grows.

The chipmaker cites long-term contracts from frontier AI labs, reshaping its capital allocation strategy and the global supply chain.

South Korean memory giants posted their strongest daily gains in more than a year as sold-out HBM production through 2026 gives both companies rare earnings visibility.

Global macro funds are closing short positions in Hong Kong tech after the 60-day rolling correlation with South Korean chip stocks swung from -0.35 to +0.15, breaking the pair trade thesis.

The 60-day correlation between the Kospi and Nasdaq 100 reached 0.50, its highest since 2021, signaling tighter synchronization that erodes the case for cross-border portfolio hedging.

The 60-day correlation between the Kospi and Nasdaq 100 reached 0.50, its highest since 2021, cutting diversification benefits for global tech investors.

The Hefei-based memory chipmaker priced shares at 8.66 yuan before a first-day surge that ranks among China's largest technology listings this year.

U.S. export restrictions on advanced GPUs force Chinese tech firms to spend more for less powerful compute, compressing cloud margins and slowing model development.

Weak industrial and automotive demand drives Texas Instruments and Analog Devices lower as inventory corrections push recovery expectations into late 2025.

Nvidia rose 2.3 percent to $212.06, outperforming a broadly lower market, as enterprise AI adoption and sovereign GPU procurement drive revenue visibility through 2028.

The semiconductor design firm benefits from increased adoption of its architecture in AI processors, leading to analyst target revisions

Institutional volume exceeds 100 million shares daily as cloud providers deploy accelerators to challenge Nvidia's data center dominance

South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister calls for AI wealth distribution as Samsung faces first-ever strike, risking HBM chip production for Nvidia

The chip giant's massive share repurchase program did not reassure investors about current valuation levels, with shares falling 1.8 percent

Jensen Huang says AI infrastructure spending will far exceed current $1 trillion projections, driving demand for Nvidia's specialized hardware

Nvidia's $26 billion quarterly revenue validates AI infrastructure demand, creating favorable conditions for private AI firms eyeing public markets

President Trump said China's economy is running hot, a direct positive for Nvidia's AI chip sales and data center revenue

Rep. Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican and close adviser to President Trump, confirmed the administration communicated an unambiguous position to Beijing on Taiwan's de facto independence

President Trump announced a new U.S.-Japan technology initiative to reshore semiconductor and AI production, triggering a lobbying frenzy among defense and tech giants

The legendary investor completely sold his Alphabet position after a 277 percent boost last quarter and divested his top-three XLF holding

The $12 billion fund's complete exit from its 2.5 million share position comes despite Nvidia's continued outperformance

President Trump sought a 20 percent reduction in China's $400 billion trade surplus, while President Xi emphasized domestic semiconductor production

Investors bought deeply out-of-the-money calls on Micron Technology and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, pointing to expectations for sustained growth in AI-driven chip demand

Advanced Micro Devices' strong annual performance and MI300X accelerator wins challenge Nvidia's market leadership in AI chips

The silicon carbide leader grapples with extensive capital outlays and delayed production, raising investor questions about its long-term financial viability

MCHP's embedded control dominance in automotive and industrial markets generates stable cash flows that should outpace S&P 500 returns

Semiconductor giant hits fourth straight intraday high as investors bet on Gaudi chips and contract manufacturing push

The impending public offering of Cerebras Systems, an OpenAI partner, will test investor appetite for specialized AI infrastructure and its wafer-scale computing economics against Nvidia's dominance.

The iShares Semiconductor ETF offers a compelling investment thesis for May, driven by relentless demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure and robust sector fundamentals.

Potential production cuts at Samsung Electronics due to ongoing labor protests could severely exacerbate the already tight global memory market, impacting enterprise cloud buildouts and AI development.