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SK Telecom's ambition to build 15 gigawatts of AI data-center capacity in Asia would represent one of the largest single AI infrastructure commitments globally, directly benefiting Nvidia as the dominant AI chip supplier.
American chipmakers collectively posted their best-ever quarterly earnings, with AI data-center demand for GPUs, high-bandwidth memory, and custom AI chips driving revenue and margins to new highs.
Goldman Sachs analysts predict that AI infrastructure investment will drive above-consensus second-quarter earnings for technology and semiconductor companies, reinforcing the AI capital-expenditure cycle.
Micron Technology reported earnings that exceeded Wall Street consensus, with AI-related memory demand continuing to drive growth in the company's data centre segment and offering evidence that the memory chip cycle is in an upcycle phase driven by high-bandwidth memory for AI acceleration.
Apple raised prices on iPads and laptops, citing memory cost pressures, triggering a decline in its shares as investors weighed whether the price increases would dampen consumer demand in a competitive hardware market.
Micron's quarterly results significantly exceeded Wall Street forecasts, with high-bandwidth memory for AI accelerators driving record revenue and materially improved margins.
Qualcomm raised its 2029 non-smartphone revenue guidance to $15 billion, nearly double its prior forecast, driven by its entry into AI data-center chips and automotive expansion, triggering a 15% single-day stock gain.
China announced expanded export controls on rare earth materials and placed dozens of US technology and defense companies on procurement ban lists, creating direct revenue and supply-chain headwinds for exposed US companies including Nvidia and Apple.
FactSet data shows the highest proportion of S&P 500 companies ever cited artificial intelligence in their quarterly earnings calls, reflecting a shift from experimental to commercial AI deployment at scale.
Oracle reported fiscal Q4 results that failed to satisfy investor expectations, sending shares lower even as the company pointed to growing demand for its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI services.
China announced plans for a $295 billion AI data-center construction program explicitly using domestically produced chips rather than Nvidia or other US-made processors, deepening the semiconductor decoupling and directly reducing Nvidia's addressable market in China.
Apple's revamped Siri with large language model capabilities marks a concrete step in Apple's AI product strategy, addressing a key criticism that iPhones lagged competitors in AI assistant quality and strengthening the case for iPhone upgrades.
