Asian chip stocks track Nvidia rally on AI hopes

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Investing.com-- Asian chipmaking stocks rose on Thursday, tracking an overnight rally in Nvidia after CEO Jensen Huang offered encouraging comments on artificial intelligence-driven demand. 


Nvidia suppliers including TSMC (TW:2330) (NYSE:TSM),   SK Hynix Inc   (KS:000660),   Hon Hai   Precision Industry (Foxconn) (TW:2317) and   Advantest Corp.   (TYO:6857) up between 4% and 8%. 


Broader chipmaking stocks also advanced, with Japan’s   Tokyo Electron Ltd.   (TYO:8035) and   Renesas Electronics Corp   (TYO:6723) up 3.3% and 1.5%, respectively. SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984), which is exposed to chipmaking through its Arm subsidiary, added 7.4%.


Memory chip giant  Samsung Electronics (LON:0593xq) Co Ltd  (KS:005930) rose 1.4% after Reuters reported the firm was considering a slew of global job cuts of up to 30% in some of its divisions. 


Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (HK:0981)- China’s biggest chipmaker- rose 0.4%, while internet giants Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) (HK:9988),   Baidu   Inc (HK:9888) (NASDAQ:BIDU) and Tencent Holdings Ltd (HK:0700) rose between 1% and 3%. 


Gains in tech came tracking an 8.1% rally in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) on Wednesday- the chipmaker’s best day in over six weeks.


Nvidia CEO Huang said the company was seeing strong demand for its top-end AI chips, including the upcoming Blackwell line, and was also facing a potential supply shortage due to heightened demand for its chips.


His comments helped Nvidia rebound from a bruising loss clocked last week, after Nvidia executives were seen selling some shares. Nvidia’s current-quarter revenue and margin guidance- released in late-August- had also missed some elevated expectations. 


But the stock was still trading up about 150% so far in 2024, having seen a stellar rally on hype over AI-fueled demand. Huang said that companies could not escape the need for higher processing power, flagging increased chip demand from higher computing and data center requirements.


Huang’s comments helped spur bets that AI demand will help the tech industry duck a broader decline in economic conditions.

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