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Etched Secures $700 Million at Doubled Valuation to Scale AI Inference Hardware

AI chip startup Etched secured $700 million in new funding at a doubled valuation to scale its AI inference hardware, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 18Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

$21 Billion 'Kids in Chips' Startup Etched Is Scooping Up Nvidia Talent

AI-chip startup Etched, valued at $21 billion and founded by Harvard dropouts, is scooping up talent from Nvidia, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Etched has its own in-office data center and has signed quant-trading firm Jane Street as its first customer.

Published Aug 18Source: WSJ ↗

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Micron, SanDisk and Other Chip Stocks Climb as Investors Grow More Confident on AI Spending

Micron, SanDisk and other chip stocks climbed as investors grew more confident about AI spending, according to a MarketWatch report.
AI companies are showing improved financial performance, and memory-chip companies may be better positioned to fend off Chinese competition with help from U.S. officials.

Published Aug 17Source: MarketWatch ↗

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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Invests $12 Million of His Own Money in Company's $20 Billion Stock Offering

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and one family member agreed to purchase a combined $12 million of Intel shares as part of the company's stock offering, according to a prospectus supplement filed with the SEC, per a Yahoo Finance report.
Intel priced 210,526,315 shares at $95 each, increasing the offering to $20 billion from the $15 billion announced a day earlier, and granted underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 31,578,947 shares.
The capital raise follows Intel's second-quarter results, in which revenue reached $16.13 billion, up 25% year over year, with adjusted earnings of 42 cents per share topping Wall Street expectations.

Published Aug 15Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

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SK Hynix Approves $38 Billion of New Memory Fabs That Won't Produce a Chip Before December 2028

SK Hynix approved two new fabs: M17, a NAND plant with construction starting in early 2027 and investment running through April 2031, and Y2, a larger HBM and next-generation DRAM plant costing 35.2 trillion won with spending planned through October 2031.
M17's first cleanroom opens in December 2028 and Y2's in June 2029; no supply from either plant reaches the market before December 2028 at the earliest, according to a 24/7 Wall St. report via Yahoo Finance.
The approval follows SK Hynix's record second-quarter results reported a week earlier: revenue of 79.3 trillion won, up 51% from Q1 and 257% year-over-year, with operating profit of 60.5 trillion won and a 76% operating margin, both all-time records; management said customer demand still exceeded supply capabilities.

Published Aug 15Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

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AMD Discloses $565 Million SpaceX Stake in 13F Despite Musk's Nvidia-Exclusive AI Pledge

AMD's second-quarter 13F filing revealed a stake of roughly 3.3 million SpaceX shares worth more than $565 million, following SpaceX's blockbuster June IPO, according to a 24/7 Wall St. report via Yahoo Finance.
The disclosure comes despite Elon Musk saying two months before the IPO that SpaceX's AI infrastructure would be built exclusively on Nvidia chips; SpaceX priced 555.6 million Class A shares at $135 apiece in its June 12 IPO, raising roughly $75 billion.
AMD posted record quarterly revenue of $11.5 billion, up 50% year over year, with data-center revenue up 107%; the SpaceX stake is a small fraction of AMD's $846 billion market capitalization.

Published Aug 15Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

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Applied Materials Slips as Investors Seek Faster Growth After Stellar Run

Applied Materials shares slipped as investors sought faster growth following the stock's stellar run, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 14Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Chinese Chipmaker SMIC Increases Prices on Strong AI Demand

Chinese chipmaker SMIC raised prices amid strong AI-driven demand, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 14Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Microchip Technology Signals Cyclical Recovery With Q4 Beat and Strong Guidance

Microchip Technology's shares rallied after a strong fiscal fourth-quarter earnings release, with revenue, margins and first-quarter fiscal 2027 guidance all ahead of expectations, driven by broad demand particularly in aerospace and defense, according to a Yahoo Finance report.

Published Aug 13Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

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SanDisk Unveils Long-Term Growth Strategy at 2026 Investor Day; Shares Surge 12%

SanDisk shares surged 12% after the company unveiled its long-term growth strategy at its 2026 Investor Day, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 13Source: Investing.com ↗

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BofA Lifts Server CPU TAM to $210 Billion-Plus on the Rise of AI Agents

Bank of America raised its total addressable market forecast for server CPUs to more than $210 billion, citing the rise of AI agents, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 13Source: Investing.com ↗

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SMIC Profit More Than Triples on AI-Driven Chip Demand

China's SMIC reported profit more than tripling, driven by AI-related chip demand, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 13Source: Investing.com ↗

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China Chip Designer Kiwimoore Plans Hong Kong IPO at $2 Billion Valuation, Sources Say

Chinese chip designer Kiwimoore is planning a Hong Kong IPO at a $2 billion valuation, according to sources cited in an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 13Source: Investing.com ↗

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Cerebras Shares Plummet 16% After Results Fail to Impress Investors

Cerebras shares plummeted 16% after the AI chipmaker's results failed to impress investors, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 12Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Cisco Forecasts Annual Revenue Above Estimates on Sustained AI Spending

Cisco forecast annual revenue above analyst estimates, citing sustained AI-related spending, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 12Source: Investing.com ↗

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Cisco Sees Record Results From an AI 'Supercycle,' but Stock Pulls Back

Cisco reported record results driven by an AI infrastructure 'supercycle,' though its stock pulled back, according to a MarketWatch report.

Published Aug 12Source: MarketWatch ↗

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BofA Names Nvidia Top Sector Pick With $350 Price Target Ahead of Q2 Earnings

Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya named Nvidia his top sector pick ahead of its August 26 fiscal Q2 FY2027 earnings, setting a $350 price target, according to a Yahoo Finance report citing a note shared with TheStreet on August 7.
Arya forecasts Q2 revenue of $94-95 billion, above Nvidia's own $91 billion guidance, and third-quarter guidance of $107-108 billion versus a roughly $104 billion Wall Street consensus, citing the start of an extended Vera Rubin chip upgrade cycle.

Published Aug 12Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

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Super Micro Jumps 13% on Blowout FY2027 Guidance; Dell, HPE Rally in Sympathy

Super Micro Computer shares rose 13% after the company guided fiscal 2027 revenue to $65-72 billion, well above the $52.5 billion consensus estimate, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
Super Micro's Q4 FY2026 adjusted EPS came in at $1.70 versus a $1.59 consensus, with revenue of $11.1 billion nearly doubling year-over-year; CEO Charles Liang said the company booked more than $60 billion in new orders and record backlog entering fiscal 2027.
Dell Technologies shares rose 5% and Hewlett Packard Enterprise gained 3% in sympathy, with Dell citing a record AI systems backlog of $51.3 billion and HPE a cumulative AI backlog of $16.4 billion; Nvidia shares rose 2.5%.

Published Aug 12Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

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Coherent Shares Rise After Lumentum Earnings Boost Optical Networking Outlook

Coherent shares climbed 5.7% in premarket trading to $347.37 after rival Lumentum posted fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and earnings above forecasts and issued stronger-than-expected guidance, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
Coherent is due to report its own fiscal fourth-quarter results after Wednesday's close, with Wall Street forecasting revenue of about $1.98 billion.
Raymond James raised its Coherent price target to $435 from $371, citing potential upside from a proposed FCC ban on Chinese optical-transceiver imports and Nvidia's $2 billion investment in Coherent's U.S. manufacturing capacity.

Published Aug 12Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Samsung Adopts Anthropic's Claude AI for Chip Design, Report Says

Samsung Electronics adopted Anthropic's Claude AI for chip design, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 12Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Samsung, SK Hynix Shares Rally as Temasek Reportedly Considers Investment

Samsung and SK Hynix shares rallied on a report that Singapore's Temasek is considering an investment, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 12Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Super Micro's Earnings Report Brings More Good News, Stock Climbs

Super Micro Computer's latest earnings report brought more good news, sending its stock climbing, according to a MarketWatch report.

Published Aug 11Source: MarketWatch ↗

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Lumentum Sees Sales More Than Double as AI Demand Swells

Lumentum said its sales more than doubled as AI-related demand swelled, according to a MarketWatch report.

Published Aug 11Source: MarketWatch ↗

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TSMC, Sony Confirm $4.69 Billion Image-Sensor Joint Venture, Production to Start 2029

TSMC and Sony formally agreed to form a $4.69 billion joint venture, Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, to develop and make next-generation image sensors in Kumamoto, Japan, with volume production targeted for 2029, according to a Reuters report.
Sony will be the controlling shareholder, investing 465 billion yen ($2.92 billion) including its Kumamoto chip factory, while TSMC will invest 282 billion yen; the companies first announced plans for the venture in May.

Published Aug 11Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

NLP · 3-line summary

AI Articles & Report Summaries

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All Bio Macro Big Tech Financials Industrials Consumer Energy Semis Battery

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Etched Secures $700 Million at Doubled Valuation to Scale AI Inference Hardware

AI chip startup Etched secured $700 million in new funding at a doubled valuation to scale its AI inference hardware, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 18Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

$21 Billion 'Kids in Chips' Startup Etched Is Scooping Up Nvidia Talent

AI-chip startup Etched, valued at $21 billion and founded by Harvard dropouts, is scooping up talent from Nvidia, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Etched has its own in-office data center and has signed quant-trading firm Jane Street as its first customer.

Published Aug 18Source: WSJ ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Micron, SanDisk and Other Chip Stocks Climb as Investors Grow More Confident on AI Spending

Micron, SanDisk and other chip stocks climbed as investors grew more confident about AI spending, according to a MarketWatch report.
AI companies are showing improved financial performance, and memory-chip companies may be better positioned to fend off Chinese competition with help from U.S. officials.

Published Aug 17Source: MarketWatch ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Invests $12 Million of His Own Money in Company's $20 Billion Stock Offering

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and one family member agreed to purchase a combined $12 million of Intel shares as part of the company's stock offering, according to a prospectus supplement filed with the SEC, per a Yahoo Finance report.
Intel priced 210,526,315 shares at $95 each, increasing the offering to $20 billion from the $15 billion announced a day earlier, and granted underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 31,578,947 shares.
The capital raise follows Intel's second-quarter results, in which revenue reached $16.13 billion, up 25% year over year, with adjusted earnings of 42 cents per share topping Wall Street expectations.

Published Aug 15Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

SK Hynix Approves $38 Billion of New Memory Fabs That Won't Produce a Chip Before December 2028

SK Hynix approved two new fabs: M17, a NAND plant with construction starting in early 2027 and investment running through April 2031, and Y2, a larger HBM and next-generation DRAM plant costing 35.2 trillion won with spending planned through October 2031.
M17's first cleanroom opens in December 2028 and Y2's in June 2029; no supply from either plant reaches the market before December 2028 at the earliest, according to a 24/7 Wall St. report via Yahoo Finance.
The approval follows SK Hynix's record second-quarter results reported a week earlier: revenue of 79.3 trillion won, up 51% from Q1 and 257% year-over-year, with operating profit of 60.5 trillion won and a 76% operating margin, both all-time records; management said customer demand still exceeded supply capabilities.

Published Aug 15Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

AMD Discloses $565 Million SpaceX Stake in 13F Despite Musk's Nvidia-Exclusive AI Pledge

AMD's second-quarter 13F filing revealed a stake of roughly 3.3 million SpaceX shares worth more than $565 million, following SpaceX's blockbuster June IPO, according to a 24/7 Wall St. report via Yahoo Finance.
The disclosure comes despite Elon Musk saying two months before the IPO that SpaceX's AI infrastructure would be built exclusively on Nvidia chips; SpaceX priced 555.6 million Class A shares at $135 apiece in its June 12 IPO, raising roughly $75 billion.
AMD posted record quarterly revenue of $11.5 billion, up 50% year over year, with data-center revenue up 107%; the SpaceX stake is a small fraction of AMD's $846 billion market capitalization.

Published Aug 15Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Applied Materials Slips as Investors Seek Faster Growth After Stellar Run

Applied Materials shares slipped as investors sought faster growth following the stock's stellar run, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 14Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Chinese Chipmaker SMIC Increases Prices on Strong AI Demand

Chinese chipmaker SMIC raised prices amid strong AI-driven demand, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 14Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Microchip Technology Signals Cyclical Recovery With Q4 Beat and Strong Guidance

Microchip Technology's shares rallied after a strong fiscal fourth-quarter earnings release, with revenue, margins and first-quarter fiscal 2027 guidance all ahead of expectations, driven by broad demand particularly in aerospace and defense, according to a Yahoo Finance report.

Published Aug 13Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

SanDisk Unveils Long-Term Growth Strategy at 2026 Investor Day; Shares Surge 12%

SanDisk shares surged 12% after the company unveiled its long-term growth strategy at its 2026 Investor Day, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 13Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

BofA Lifts Server CPU TAM to $210 Billion-Plus on the Rise of AI Agents

Bank of America raised its total addressable market forecast for server CPUs to more than $210 billion, citing the rise of AI agents, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 13Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

SMIC Profit More Than Triples on AI-Driven Chip Demand

China's SMIC reported profit more than tripling, driven by AI-related chip demand, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 13Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

China Chip Designer Kiwimoore Plans Hong Kong IPO at $2 Billion Valuation, Sources Say

Chinese chip designer Kiwimoore is planning a Hong Kong IPO at a $2 billion valuation, according to sources cited in an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 13Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Cerebras Shares Plummet 16% After Results Fail to Impress Investors

Cerebras shares plummeted 16% after the AI chipmaker's results failed to impress investors, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 12Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Cisco Forecasts Annual Revenue Above Estimates on Sustained AI Spending

Cisco forecast annual revenue above analyst estimates, citing sustained AI-related spending, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 12Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Cisco Sees Record Results From an AI 'Supercycle,' but Stock Pulls Back

Cisco reported record results driven by an AI infrastructure 'supercycle,' though its stock pulled back, according to a MarketWatch report.

Published Aug 12Source: MarketWatch ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

BofA Names Nvidia Top Sector Pick With $350 Price Target Ahead of Q2 Earnings

Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya named Nvidia his top sector pick ahead of its August 26 fiscal Q2 FY2027 earnings, setting a $350 price target, according to a Yahoo Finance report citing a note shared with TheStreet on August 7.
Arya forecasts Q2 revenue of $94-95 billion, above Nvidia's own $91 billion guidance, and third-quarter guidance of $107-108 billion versus a roughly $104 billion Wall Street consensus, citing the start of an extended Vera Rubin chip upgrade cycle.

Published Aug 12Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Super Micro Jumps 13% on Blowout FY2027 Guidance; Dell, HPE Rally in Sympathy

Super Micro Computer shares rose 13% after the company guided fiscal 2027 revenue to $65-72 billion, well above the $52.5 billion consensus estimate, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
Super Micro's Q4 FY2026 adjusted EPS came in at $1.70 versus a $1.59 consensus, with revenue of $11.1 billion nearly doubling year-over-year; CEO Charles Liang said the company booked more than $60 billion in new orders and record backlog entering fiscal 2027.
Dell Technologies shares rose 5% and Hewlett Packard Enterprise gained 3% in sympathy, with Dell citing a record AI systems backlog of $51.3 billion and HPE a cumulative AI backlog of $16.4 billion; Nvidia shares rose 2.5%.

Published Aug 12Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Coherent Shares Rise After Lumentum Earnings Boost Optical Networking Outlook

Coherent shares climbed 5.7% in premarket trading to $347.37 after rival Lumentum posted fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and earnings above forecasts and issued stronger-than-expected guidance, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
Coherent is due to report its own fiscal fourth-quarter results after Wednesday's close, with Wall Street forecasting revenue of about $1.98 billion.
Raymond James raised its Coherent price target to $435 from $371, citing potential upside from a proposed FCC ban on Chinese optical-transceiver imports and Nvidia's $2 billion investment in Coherent's U.S. manufacturing capacity.

Published Aug 12Source: Yahoo Finance ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Samsung Adopts Anthropic's Claude AI for Chip Design, Report Says

Samsung Electronics adopted Anthropic's Claude AI for chip design, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 12Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Samsung, SK Hynix Shares Rally as Temasek Reportedly Considers Investment

Samsung and SK Hynix shares rallied on a report that Singapore's Temasek is considering an investment, according to an Investing.com report.

Published Aug 12Source: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Super Micro's Earnings Report Brings More Good News, Stock Climbs

Super Micro Computer's latest earnings report brought more good news, sending its stock climbing, according to a MarketWatch report.

Published Aug 11Source: MarketWatch ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Lumentum Sees Sales More Than Double as AI Demand Swells

Lumentum said its sales more than doubled as AI-related demand swelled, according to a MarketWatch report.

Published Aug 11Source: MarketWatch ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

TSMC, Sony Confirm $4.69 Billion Image-Sensor Joint Venture, Production to Start 2029

TSMC and Sony formally agreed to form a $4.69 billion joint venture, Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, to develop and make next-generation image sensors in Kumamoto, Japan, with volume production targeted for 2029, according to a Reuters report.
Sony will be the controlling shareholder, investing 465 billion yen ($2.92 billion) including its Kumamoto chip factory, while TSMC will invest 282 billion yen; the companies first announced plans for the venture in May.

Published Aug 11Source: Yahoo Finance ↗