Chip and AI Stocks Drop After CEOs Urge Caution on Development Pace
AI leaders including Amodei, Altman and Musk call to pace the frontier. Chip, memory and networking stocks fall as investors weigh spending and IPOs.
AI leaders including Amodei, Altman and Musk call to pace the frontier. Chip, memory and networking stocks fall as investors weigh spending and IPOs.
BofA reaffirms Micron as its top memory pick, citing SanDisk’s outlook as proof AI is making demand more durable. Sees $200–$250 EPS by 2030.
Sandisk shares rose as the company unveiled its AI storage roadmap, BiCS10 & HBF tech, durable deals, and a FY2028-30 plan targeting high teens growth, 80% margins, and 100% excess cash returns.
Sandisk and Western Digital beat Q4 estimates but shares dropped after-hours on profit-taking and guidance that fell short of ultra-bullish forecasts.
China’s CXMT is considering a new memory-chip factory in Beijing using IPO funds, putting pressure on Micron and SK Hynix as it aims to double production capacity.
The company poured the first concrete at its Clay, New York site, marking the start of the largest semiconductor project in U.S. history.