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From iPads to XBoxes, Device Prices Soar as AI Hoards Memory Chips

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A shortage of memory chips is one of the biggest challenges facing the AI buildout, fueling both selloffs and rallies in the past week alone.

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Semiconductors

China’s Making Memory with its New Biggest Company

Changxin Technology Group, or CXMT for short, soared 466% in its debut yesterday on Shanghai’s STAR Market.

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Technology

Can SK Hynix Escape Chipmaking’s Cyclical Curse After Nasdaq Debut?

One big question remains: Can the company break free from the memory sector’s historically cyclical nature?

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Big Tech

Apple Edges Closer to Dethroning Nvidia After $30B Broadcom Chips Deal

Apple shares climbed nearly 1% on the news, bringing it closer to reclaiming the throne as the biggest US company by market cap.

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Semiconductors

Memory Crunch Prompts Bets on Micron Earnings Blowout

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Skeptics who point to the memory industry’s boom-and-bust history see bulls as being a little too high on their own chip supply.

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Artificial Intelligence

Qualcomm, Arm Take Hits as Rising AI Memory Requirements Snarl Smartphone Production

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Qualcomm predicted lower sales this quarter than Wall Street expected, thanks to a widespread chip shortage.

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Electric Vehicles

Can Tesla and Samsung Find Salvation in Each Other?

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For Samsung, it’s a chance to finally carve out some foundry industry market share from rival chipmaker TSMC.

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