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Key ChipsH100, B200, TPU v5, Trainium

Key PlayersNVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, Cerebras

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Qualcomm stock surges 15% as AI chips and data center expansion fuel investor confidence

Qualcomm stock jumped nearly 15% as investors rallied behind the chipmaker's strategic pivot into AI. The surge followed reports of an OpenAI partnership for AI-native smartphone chips, accelerated data center chip shipments to a major hyperscaler, and strong second-quarter earnings. With new Snapdragon platforms and a $2.3 billion acquisition to expand data center capabilities, Qualcomm is transforming from a smartphone chip vendor into a diversified AI computing company.

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Qualcomm stock surges 15% as AI chips and data center expansion fuel investor confidence

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AMD launches Instinct MI350P PCIe AI accelerator with 144GB HBM3E to challenge Nvidia's dominance

AMD unveiled the Instinct MI350P, a PCIe AI accelerator card with 144GB of HBM3E memory designed for air-cooled enterprise servers. The dual-slot card delivers up to 4,600 TFLOPS performance and outpaces Nvidia's H200 NVL by roughly 40% in FP16 and FP8 theoretical compute. With support for up to eight cards per system, AMD targets enterprises seeking scalable AI infrastructure without major platform overhauls.

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AMD launches Instinct MI350P PCIe AI accelerator with 144GB HBM3E to challenge Nvidia's dominance

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Asia's tech giants drive AI bull run as chipmakers post record earnings and Seoul market doubles

A fresh investor frenzy has shifted the AI bull run's focus to Asia, with Seoul becoming the world's hottest stock market. Samsung, TSMC, and SK Hynix are posting record earnings, with chip revenues at Samsung leaping nearly 50 times last quarter. South Korea's KOSPI has doubled in six months as Asian chipmakers cement their pivotal role in the global AI supply chain.

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Asia's tech giants drive AI bull run as chipmakers post record earnings and Seoul market doubles

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Samsung workers reject $340,000 bonus, threaten strike that could shake global AI chip supply

Samsung semiconductor workers have rejected a $340,000 one-time bonus offer, demanding annual profit-sharing bonuses like SK Hynix's $900,000 payouts. With over 50,000 workers threatening an 18-day strike starting May 21, the labor dispute could cost Samsung up to $11.7 billion and disrupt the global AI hardware industry at a time when high-bandwidth memory chips are in critically short supply.

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Samsung workers reject $340,000 bonus, threaten strike that could shake global AI chip supply

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Arm's AGI CPU secures $2 billion in demand, but faces supply chain hurdles and single-digit share

Arm doubled its AGI CPU sales forecast to $2 billion across fiscal 2027-2028, yet analysts reveal this represents just 4% of the server CPU market. The chip designer now confronts a critical challenge: securing enough semiconductor supply chain capacity at TSMC to meet surging AI data center demand while competing against Intel and AMD.

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Arm's AGI CPU secures $2 billion in demand, but faces supply chain hurdles and single-digit share

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SpaceX proposes $55 billion Terafab chip factory in Texas to fuel AI and space ambitions

Elon Musk's SpaceX has filed plans for a massive semiconductor manufacturing facility in Grimes County, Texas, with an initial investment of $55 billion that could eventually reach $119 billion. The Terafab project aims to produce AI chips for Tesla vehicles, humanoid robots, and orbital data centers, marking SpaceX's ambitious entry into chip manufacturing despite having zero experience in the field.

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SpaceX proposes $55 billion Terafab chip factory in Texas to fuel AI and space ambitions

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China's 600 million AI users transform the nation into a global testing ground for mass adoption

Over 600 million Chinese citizens now use generative AI, marking a 142% annual increase. From booking travel to ordering food and managing health, AI in China has rapidly moved from experimental to essential. As Chinese AI models now consume more data weekly than U.S. models, this mass AI adoption could shape how AI tools are deployed globally.

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China's 600 million AI users transform the nation into a global testing ground for mass adoption

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AMD wins major analyst upgrades as agentic AI drives server CPU revenue surge to new heights

Goldman Sachs upgraded AMD to buy from hold with a price target of $450, while Baird raised its target to $625. The chipmaker's server CPU total addressable market is now expected to exceed 35% CAGR through 2030, reaching $120 billion, driven primarily by agentic AI workloads that are reshaping enterprise computing infrastructure.

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AMD wins major analyst upgrades as agentic AI drives server CPU revenue surge to new heights

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Infineon Technologies raises 2026 outlook as AI demand for data centers surges

Infineon Technologies upgraded its 2026 financial outlook as AI demand for power supply solutions surged, expecting €1.5 billion in AI data center revenue. The German chipmaker posted Q2 revenue of €3.81 billion, up 6% year-over-year, while net profit rose to €301 million. CEO Jochen Hanebeck cited the AI boom as a key driver, though investors remain cautious about margin pressure and weakness in the electric vehicle segment.

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Infineon Technologies raises 2026 outlook as AI demand for data centers surges

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DeepSeek valuation surges to $45 billion as China's Big Fund leads first investment round

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab known for cost-effective large language models, is raising its first venture capital funding at a valuation that skyrocketed from $20 billion to $45 billion in just weeks. China's state-backed semiconductor fund is leading the round, signaling Beijing's strategic push for AI self-sufficiency amid US technology restrictions.

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DeepSeek valuation surges to $45 billion as China's Big Fund leads first investment round

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Alphabet challenges Nvidia for world's biggest company spot as AI investments pay off

Alphabet is closing in on Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company, fueled by explosive cloud growth and its own AI chip development. Google Cloud revenue jumped 63% in Q1 2026, while the company's custom processors are winning customers like Anthropic. The shift marks a dramatic change in market sentiment as Big Tech's AI spending begins to show returns.

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Alphabet challenges Nvidia for world's biggest company spot as AI investments pay off

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Samsung hits $1 trillion valuation as AI boom drives unprecedented demand for memory chips

Samsung Electronics crossed the $1 trillion market capitalization threshold on Wednesday, becoming the second Asian company to reach this milestone after TSMC. The South Korean tech giant's shares surged more than 10% following record quarterly profits driven by soaring demand for high-bandwidth memory chips essential to AI systems. With production capacity fully sold out through 2027 and memory shortages intensifying, Samsung stands at the center of the global AI infrastructure buildout.

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Samsung hits $1 trillion valuation as AI boom drives unprecedented demand for memory chips

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Rivian explores in-house lidar manufacturing to complete its autonomous driving stack

Rivian is considering manufacturing its own lidar sensors in the United States, potentially through a partnership with Chinese firms, as CEO RJ Scaringe revealed in a Reuters interview. The move would complete the EV maker's vertical integration strategy, adding in-house sensor production to its existing custom chip program and proprietary AI software for autonomous driving.

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Rivian explores in-house lidar manufacturing to complete its autonomous driving stack

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Anthropic weighs $50bn funding round for near $1tn valuation as revenue explodes to $45bn

Anthropic is considering raising tens of billions this summer to fund a massive expansion in computing capacity, potentially valuing the AI company at $900bn pre-money. The Claude maker's annualized revenue run rate is expected to cross $45bn imminently—a fivefold jump from $9bn at year-end 2025. CEO Dario Amodei revealed the company experienced 80x growth when it had planned for just 10x, creating severe compute constraints.

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Anthropic weighs $50bn funding round for near $1tn valuation as revenue explodes to $45bn

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Krutrim abandons AI model ambitions, pivots to cloud services after leadership exodus

Krutrim, India's first GenAI unicorn founded by Bhavish Aggarwal, is shifting from AI model development to cloud services after facing funding constraints and losing key leadership. The company laid off over 200 employees, scrapped its Bodhi 1 chip, and discontinued its Kruti AI assistant. Despite claiming ₹3 billion in revenue, questions remain about its reliance on parent company Ola's ecosystem.

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Krutrim abandons AI model ambitions, pivots to cloud services after leadership exodus

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