AI Chip Profits Jump 69% as Rate Fears Hit AI Stocks
TSMC just posted its sixth straight record quarter, with third-quarter profit up nearly 69% and AI demand still exceeding supply. But AI stocks are falling as inflation and renewed rate fears force investors to reconsider what that growth is worth.
China’s DRAM Breakthrough: 50% More Dies Per Wafer
CXMT says its newest DRAM process can produce at least 50% more gross chip dies per wafer even as China faces restrictions on advanced chipmaking technology. The next test is whether investors see the breakthrough as a meaningful new challenge for Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron when U.S. markets reopen Monday.