#Semiconductors

Lam Research closed July 9 at $353.17, up 6%, as four banks raised targets to $400–$475. Up 154% in H1, LRCX sells the tools every memory fab must buy.

Apple will spend over $30 billion with Broadcom through 2031 on US-made RF chips — a year after replacing Broadcom's Wi-Fi chip with its own N1. Here's why.

SK Hynix ADRs start trading July 10 under ticker SKHY after a 7x-oversubscribed record listing — priced days after memory stocks entered a bear market.

Micron posted the biggest quarter any standalone memory maker has reported — and days later the stock closed below its pre-earnings price. What the disconnect means.

SanDisk gained 858% in H1 2026, the best in the S&P 500, then fell 23% in two sessions. The backlog, the bears, and what to watch into the August report.

Memory and chip-equipment stocks crashed on AI glut fears while the Dow hit a record. The new supply lands in the 2030s — here is the math the selloff skipped.

AMD stock dropped 6.9% on July 1, erasing $65 billion, after Meta's cloud plan raised questions about the 6GW MI450 deal that powered AMD's 2026 breakout.

Qualcomm is buying Chris Lattner's Modular for $3.9B to attack NVIDIA's CUDA moat with a hardware-agnostic AI layer. Why it's the right target, and so hard to crack.

Micron reports fiscal Q3 on June 24. Why Wall Street doubled its price targets on a triple-digit DRAM surge — and what the print must deliver to justify it.

US officials suspect a top ASML EUV machine reached China; ASML denies it. What the export-control overhang means for ASML stock and the semicap rally.

Entegris and KLA jumped as the semiconductor-equipment complex ripped. Why the deepest layer of the AI trade is booming — and the catch after the run.

Apple's Tim Cook calls memory price hikes 'unavoidable' as AI demand spikes NAND and DRAM. Why Sandisk and Micron jumped — and the risk after a huge run.

Cerebras reports its first results as a public company on June 23. The per-share loss matters less than its $24.6B backlog and ~86% UAE revenue mix.

Nvidia and SK hynix signed a multiyear HBM4 memory pact for Vera Rubin. Why memory is AI's real bottleneck — and what it means for NVDA and Micron (MU).

Google reportedly ordered 3 million TPUs from Intel for 2028 and Nvidia is testing 18A. What the foundry wins mean for INTC stock — and the valuation gap.

Onto Innovation is an AI chip infrastructure stock tied to metrology, inspection, HBM packaging, and gate-all-around process control.

Broadcom's post-earnings drop shows AI demand is still real, but investors now want infrastructure bottlenecks, cash flow, and power access.

SanDisk stock is no longer just a NAND pricing trade. TECHi quote data and SanDisk filings show a $41.6B performance-obligation floor, AI data-center demand, and real valuation risk.

Broadcom reports Q2 FY2026 on June 3. AVGO investors need more than a beat: AI ASIC revenue, networking, VMware cash flow, and Alphabet AI capex matter.

Credo reports Q4 FY26 earnings on June 1 with CRDO near record highs, AI interconnect demand surging and valuation now the main risk.

Micron stock surged into the $1 trillion club. Here is the real AI memory question: how long can scarcity, margins and momentum last?

AMD stock reopens after Memorial Day with a new test: whether Venice, Helios and AI racks can justify the post-earnings re-rating.

Broadcom stock faces a Tuesday open test after the holiday. AVGO must prove it still beats Nvidia, Marvell and other AI alternatives.

Nvidia reports Q1 FY2027 today. The real test is not only revenue, but AI demand, bottlenecks, financing and customer ROI.