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SK Hynix record profit surges 557% on AI chip demand but misses forecasts amid market concerns

SK Hynix reported a sixfold surge in quarterly operating profit to a record $42 billion, fueled by explosive AI chip demand from tech giants building data centers. But the results fell short of analyst expectations, sending shares down 10% as investors question whether aggressive AI infrastructure spending can sustain this momentum.

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SK Hynix record profit surges 557% on AI chip demand but misses forecasts amid market concerns

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Core Scientific lands AMD's 2.5GW AI infrastructure deal months after rejecting CoreWeave takeover

Former bitcoin miner Core Scientific signed a landmark partnership with AMD for up to 2.5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity across the American South. The deal includes 15-year leases for 529 megawatts and warrants for up to 30 million shares, validating the company's pivot to AI infrastructure after shareholders rejected a $9 billion CoreWeave acquisition last year.

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Core Scientific lands AMD's 2.5GW AI infrastructure deal months after rejecting CoreWeave takeover

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KLA Corp projects strong quarter as AI infrastructure spending fuels semiconductor demand

KLA Corp reported fourth-quarter revenue of $3.66 billion and forecast first-quarter revenue up to $4.2 billion, surpassing Wall Street estimates. The semiconductor equipment manufacturer expects accelerating momentum through 2027, driven by AI infrastructure buildout and rising demand for process control systems. Despite the upbeat quarter forecast, shares fell 8% in after-hours trading.

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KLA Corp projects strong quarter as AI infrastructure spending fuels semiconductor demand

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Honor Robot Phone launches August 12 with dual 200MP cameras and cinema-grade AI imaging

Honor confirms its Robot Phone will launch August 12—the same day as Google's Pixel 11—featuring dual 200MP cameras mounted on a 4DoF gimbal system and professional ARRI cinema workflows. The device introduces Honor's AiMAGE architecture and custom Yuguang H1 imaging chip, marking the company's transition into an AI terminal ecosystem provider. Pre-orders have already surpassed 200,000 units in China.

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Honor Robot Phone launches August 12 with dual 200MP cameras and cinema-grade AI imaging

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Nvidia RTX Spark prototype laptop surfaces with N1X chip, reveals untapped potential

A TechPowerUp user obtained a Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra prototype featuring Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X chip and put it through extensive testing. While the AI-focused chip shows promise with RTX 4070-level GPU capabilities and 24 GB unified memory, immature drivers and firmware severely hamper performance, causing GPU stuttering, game crashes, and inconsistent benchmark results that fall short of expectations.

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Nvidia RTX Spark prototype laptop surfaces with N1X chip, reveals untapped potential

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Nvidia behind $50bn lease on Texas data centre, raising questions about AI market financing

Nvidia has committed up to $50bn to lease Hut 8's entire 1-gigawatt Beacon Point facility in Texas, housing hundreds of thousands of its GPUs. The Financial Times reports the chipmaker could sublease capacity to cloud computing partners, but the arrangement intensifies concerns about circular financing as Nvidia underwrites more of the market for its own chips.

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Nvidia behind $50bn lease on Texas data centre, raising questions about AI market financing

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Taiwan detains Nvidia employee in expanding AI chip smuggling probe targeting Super Micro servers

Taiwan prosecutors detained an Nvidia employee suspected of falsifying documents to smuggle AI servers to China, marking the first known legal action against an Nvidia staffer in such a case. The Keelung District Prosecutors' Office searched the employee's home and Taipei office desk, citing flight risk and evidence tampering concerns. Seven people now sit in custody as the investigation expands beyond Super Micro into Nvidia itself.

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Taiwan detains Nvidia employee in expanding AI chip smuggling probe targeting Super Micro servers

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AI sell-off intensifies as investors dump chip stocks amid bubble fears and circular financing concerns

Global stock markets tumbled as investors ditch chip stocks, with South Korea's Kospi halted after plunging 8%. SK Hynix shares have fallen 45% from June highs, while Samsung dropped over 10%. The AI sell-off reflects mounting investor concerns about circular financing and the sustainability of Big Tech's massive AI infrastructure spending.

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AI sell-off intensifies as investors dump chip stocks amid bubble fears and circular financing concerns

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Dario Amodei clarifies Anthropic's stance on open-weight models amid China AI security concerns

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed industry controversy by stating his company never advocated banning open-weight models. However, he expressed concerns about authoritarian governments, particularly China, developing superior AI capabilities. Amodei called for chip controls, crackdowns on model distillation, and mandatory safety testing instead of broad restrictions.

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Dario Amodei clarifies Anthropic's stance on open-weight models amid China AI security concerns

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Cadence Design Systems raises annual forecasts as AI chip design demand surges by 24%

Cadence Design Systems increased its 2026 revenue and profit projections, driven by accelerating demand for AI-powered chip and system design software. The company now expects revenue between $6.26 billion and $6.34 billion, up from prior guidance of $6.13 billion to $6.23 billion. Second-quarter revenue jumped 24% year-over-year to $1.584 billion, with a record backlog of $8.1 billion signaling sustained momentum in semiconductor design tools.

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Cadence Design Systems raises annual forecasts as AI chip design demand surges by 24%

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Synopsys unveils autonomous chip design workflows with Microsoft, cuts debug time by up to 40%

Synopsys and Microsoft have launched autonomous agentic AI workflows for chip design, now available for evaluation on Microsoft Discovery. The collaboration introduces two workflows that reduce debug cycle time by 25-40% and automate quality-of-results tuning. AMD is actively evaluating these first-of-their-kind EDA applications to accelerate next-generation product development.

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Synopsys unveils autonomous chip design workflows with Microsoft, cuts debug time by up to 40%

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AI vendors shift to consumption pricing as AI PCs emerge to control spiralling cloud costs

Major AI vendors are abandoning per-seat subscriptions for token consumption pricing, making cloud AI significantly more expensive for enterprises. AI PCs with neural processing units now offer a cost-effective alternative by running local models for routine tasks, providing zero marginal cost per query after hardware purchase. The shift creates a new hybrid model where enterprises balance cloud infrastructure for complex tasks against local compute for high-volume, low-complexity work.

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AI vendors shift to consumption pricing as AI PCs emerge to control spiralling cloud costs

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CXMT shares soar 470% as China's memory chipmaker rides AI boom to blockbuster Shanghai debut

CXMT, China's largest memory chipmaker, saw shares surge up to 500% in its Shanghai debut, raising $8.6 billion in mainland China's biggest IPO in recent years. The blockbuster share listing pushed its market cap to $487 billion, making it the most valuable company on mainland exchanges. The surge reflects investor confidence in China's semiconductor self-reliance strategy amid US export restrictions and surging AI-driven demand for DRAM memory chips.

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CXMT shares soar 470% as China's memory chipmaker rides AI boom to blockbuster Shanghai debut

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Nvidia's $250 billion OpenAI backstop ignites debate over circular AI financing risks

Nvidia is negotiating a $250 billion financial guarantee to help OpenAI lease a massive data center in Ohio, potentially the largest AI infrastructure project ever. The deal has sent Nvidia's credit default swaps to record levels as investors question whether the chipmaker's pattern of backing its own customers creates systemic financial risks across the AI industry.

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Nvidia's $250 billion OpenAI backstop ignites debate over circular AI financing risks

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Jensen Huang says AI boom won't bust soon, claims 'this time is different' for chip industry

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed concerns about an imminent AI bust, claiming the current AI chip boom is fundamentally different from past semiconductor cycles. Speaking to Axios, he argued the surge is industrially driven rather than seasonal, requiring the semiconductor industry to expand five to tenfold over the next decade despite growing skepticism about massive capital expenditures.

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Jensen Huang says AI boom won't bust soon, claims 'this time is different' for chip industry

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