CNBC's Jim Cramer highlights Micron Technology as a key beneficiary of the AI boom and ongoing memory chip shortages, with shares soaring nearly 400% in a year on robust data center demand.
Needham raises Nova Ltd. (NVMI) to Buy with a $500 price target, citing improving industry conditions and the company's strategic position in China's memory market. The upgrade follows a similar bullish move by Bank of America earlier in January.
Broadcom secures a pivotal, multi-year agreement to supply custom AI chips to OpenAI, cementing its role as a key silicon partner for tech giants. However, the semiconductor leader must simultaneously navigate customer churn from its VMware unit and heightened regulatory scrutiny, presenting a complex risk-reward profile for investors.
While investor attention fixates on flashier names, Marvell Technology's critical role in custom AI chips and data center infrastructure positions it for explosive growth, making its current valuation a potential opportunity.
As Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin chips push power densities to unprecedented levels, the $4 trillion AI revolution faces a formidable physical constraint: heat. Vertiv Holdings, a critical infrastructure provider, is emerging as an essential player in solving this thermal challenge, with surging demand signaling a major shift in data center economics.
Campbell Soup Company will shutter its Hyannis, Massachusetts facility, the original home of Cape Cod Potato Chips, citing economic inefficiency. The closure, affecting 49 jobs, marks a strategic shift of production to larger plants as the snack giant consolidates its network.
As industry analysts warn of a critical NAND wafer shortage in 2026-2027, SanDisk's stock soars. Jim Cramer highlights the memory maker's positioning, with Mizuho and Benchmark raising price targets significantly on expectations of a 330% price spike.
Campbell Soup Company will close its Hyannis, Massachusetts snack facility by April, consolidating production of Cape Cod and Kettle Brand chips at other US plants amid declining sales in its snacks division.
Mizuho Securities dramatically raised its price target on SanDisk, forecasting a severe NAND flash memory shortage driven by explosive AI server demand and constrained production capacity through 2027.
Apple's fiscal first-quarter earnings shattered expectations with $143.8 billion in revenue, fueled by unprecedented demand for the iPhone 17 in Greater China. While services hit new highs, the company flags memory cost pressures and supply constraints for the coming quarter.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reaches unprecedented market valuation following robust quarterly earnings, driven by insatiable demand for advanced AI chips. Analysts weigh whether the rally still has room to run.
Investment firm William Blair has initiated coverage on Rambus Inc. with an 'Outperform' rating, highlighting the chip designer's dominant market share in interface circuits and its strategic positioning to capitalize on surging demand from AI data centers and server DRAM upgrades.
Buoyed by robust demand for its premium iPhone 17 Pro models, Apple is projected to report its highest quarterly iPhone sales increase in over four years. Analysts spotlight a pivotal AI deal with Google's Gemini as a key future growth lever, even as the tech giant navigates supply chain cost pressures.
The semiconductor testing equipment leader capitalizes on surging AI chip demand to deliver historic Q3 results, while unveiling a significant treasury share cancellation and business segment reorganization aimed at enhancing shareholder value and operational focus.
The Kospi index plunged over 5% in its sharpest drop since April, halting program trading and dragging down chip giants Samsung and SK Hynix. The selloff, fueled by global risk-off sentiment and doubts over AI spending, tests the resilience of one of the world's hottest equity markets.
As the generative AI boom matures, profitability remains elusive for many software firms. We examine why investors are shifting focus to the essential hardware enablers, spotlighting Micron and Broadcom.
In a revealing moment during Tesla's earnings call, Elon Musk disclosed that his Saturdays are dedicated to the company's next-generation AI5 chip project, signaling a fundamental strategic shift from automaker to vertically integrated AI hardware powerhouse.
SanDisk Corporation's stock hit an all-time peak following a blockbuster earnings report for Q2 FY2026, fueled by surging demand for its storage solutions from the artificial intelligence sector.
A wave of analyst upgrades for Applied Materials underscores growing confidence in global semiconductor capital expenditure, driven by the AI infrastructure boom and demand for advanced manufacturing tools. The company's strategic position in wafer fabrication equipment places it at the heart of the industry's next growth phase.
Apple shares edged higher following a robust Q1 earnings report headlined by record iPhone revenue, yet the muted gains reflect Wall Street's growing focus on looming supply constraints and the company's strategic pivot to artificial intelligence.
