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Micron stock fell roughly 17% after a strong earnings report, but Wall Street analysts nevertheless upgraded price targets, wagering on robust demand for Micron’s high-bandwidth memory used in AI data centers and signaling this week’s selloff may overlook the stock’s longer‑term growth potential.
At its GTC conference, Nvidia unveiled a product that pairs its chips with Groq’s acceleration tech to boost AI inference speed and cut costs, a move aimed at defending its dominant hardware position as rivals advance. The announcement follows Nvidia’s $20 billion Groq licensing deal and includes NemoClaw to help software companies deploy AI agents, all while supply-chain and manufacturing constraints shape growth prospects for its Rubin and Blackwell line.
Apple launches the MacBook Neo at $599—the cheapest MacBook ever—powered by the A18 Pro chip, with fewer features and RAM, prompting comparisons to the $800 Apple Watch Ultra 3 and sparking a broader debate about pricing and how Apple segments its lineup.
Nvidia is nearing a $30 billion direct stake in OpenAI, replacing its earlier $100 billion infrastructure commitment, as part of a funding round valuing OpenAI at about $730 billion pre-money. The deal would not be tied to milestones, though Nvidia could join future rounds to fulfill the original plan, with other backers including Amazon, SoftBank, and Microsoft. The move reinforces Nvidia’s AI-hardware strategy amid intense chip competition, but it has reignited talk of circular financing and could draw regulatory scrutiny as OpenAI relies on Nvidia gear for its GPT-series progress.
Despite Amazon’s $200 billion capex pledge for 2026 and a small earnings miss, top analyst Daniel Sparks says the market overreacted and presents a buying opportunity for long-term holders. He notes Amazon is monetizing capacity as it installs it, points to a fast-growing $10 billion chips business, and cites strong top- and bottom-line growth with guided 11–15% revenue growth for Q1 2026. With a Strong Buy consensus and a roughly 34% upside to a $281.68 12-month target, Sparks argues the capex cycle could pay off megacap investors over time.
At the Leuven hub opening, EU officials and chip leaders argue Europe supplies critical chipmaking tech—such as ASML's EUV systems—challenging the view that the U.S. dominates tech and signaling plans for reverse dependencies and a second Chips Act.
OpenAI reportedly walked away from Nvidia’s proposed $100 billion AI hardware deal, citing Nvidia’s latest chips as not meeting its inference needs, while OpenAI moved forward with deals from AMD and others. Bloomberg later said Nvidia was nearing a $20 billion investment in OpenAI. The huge figure was a non-binding LOI, and both sides say there’s no rift, even as Nvidia’s stock declines.
Stocks inched higher as memory-chip makers led gains, lifting the S&P 500 ahead of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and the start of the fourth-quarter earnings season, while yields rose amid Fed-policy chatter and energy-cost concerns lingered in the background.
The article discusses how the AI boom is driving demand for infrastructure and energy solutions, highlighting stocks like Modine Manufacturing, bitcoin-mining companies, Williams, ProPetro, and utilities like Constellation Energy, which are positioned to benefit from the increasing power needs of advanced chips and data centers.
NVIDIA announced the Rubin platform, a new AI supercomputer built with six innovative chips designed to significantly reduce training time and inference costs, support agentic AI, and enable large-scale AI deployments, with major industry and cloud partners adopting the technology by 2026.
The article discusses the potential for a strong 2025 performance in the chip industry, but warns that upcoming earnings reports could pose a challenge, as indicated by chart analysis.
Apple is expected to announce a second-generation HomePod mini with upgraded chips (likely S9 or S10), support for Wi-Fi 6E, potential Ultra Wideband integration, new color options, and a focus on Apple's smart home ecosystem, with a launch imminent amid inventory changes.
Nexperia chips are resuming shipments to Europe after China eased export restrictions, providing short-term relief to the European auto industry, though supply chain risks persist due to unresolved disputes and US-China tensions.
China is expected to lift its ban on chip exports to European carmakers following a recent US-China deal, easing a dispute that threatened to disrupt European and Japanese car production. The deal includes a one-year delay in US export controls on Chinese companies like Wingtech, which owns Nexperia, a key chip supplier. This development is seen as a positive step towards restoring supply chains and stabilizing the global automotive industry.
OpenAI plans to design and deploy its own chips in partnership with Broadcom starting next year, aiming to build a significant AI hardware ecosystem and power large-scale data centers, supplementing its existing agreements with Nvidia and AMD.