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Record chip rally adds $2 trillion in combined value to Micron, Intel and AMD in second quarter

Newseze Wire·Tue, Jun 30, 10:43 PMWire: CNBC Top News
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Record chip rally adds $2 trillion in combined value to Micron, Intel and AMD in second quarter

Wall Street poured into chipmakers not named Nvidia in the second quarter, as the artificial intelligence boom expanded to include more suppliers.

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# The Broadening AI Chip Rally: Beyond Nvidia The second quarter of 2024 marked a notable shift in how markets are pricing the artificial intelligence revolution. After years of focusing almost exclusively on Nvidia's dominance in AI processors, investors have begun recognizing that the broader chipmaking ecosystem stands to benefit substantially from the ongoing technology buildout. Micron, Intel, and AMD collectively gained approximately $2 trillion in market value during the period, signaling a meaningful reallocation of capital away from single-company concentration toward a more diversified view of AI hardware winners. This widening of the chipmaker rally carries genuine economic significance. The AI infrastructure build requires multiple categories of semiconductors—not just the high-end graphics processors where Nvidia leads, but also memory chips, data center processors, and various supporting components. Micron's strength in DRAM and NAND memory, Intel's refocus on foundational computing, and AMD's competitive positioning in server processors all address real supply-chain demands as companies globally invest in AI capabilities. The market appeared to be recognizing that you cannot build functioning AI systems with Nvidia chips alone; complementary suppliers are essential components of a complete infrastructure stack. This is economically rational rather than speculative. However, the scale of the gain warrants a measured assessment. A $2 trillion combined increase raises questions about valuation sustainability and whether current pricing reflects realistic near-term earnings growth or incorporates optimistic longer-term scenarios. Memory chip pricing, while improved from recent lows, remains cyclical and vulnerable to supply surges. Intel faces a meaningful turnaround challenge that, while showing promising early signs, will require sustained execution over years, not quarters. AMD competes in intensely contested markets where technological edge can shift rapidly. The enthusiasm is not unfounded, but investors should distinguish between "participating in genuine structural demand" and "betting that current multiples will expand indefinitely." The evidence quality for near-term strength is solid: data center spending is accelerating, enterprise AI projects are advancing beyond pilots, and memory demand from AI workloads is measurable. The evidence for sustained margin expansion and market share gains at the necessary levels to justify current valuations is more provisional. **Worth knowing:** The broadening of the AI rally beyond Nvidia suggests markets are maturing in how they evaluate the technology cycle. That's healthy. But the collective $2 trillion revaluation also reminds us that enthusiasm for transformative technology can incorporate significant assumption-dependent pricing. Chipmakers outside of Nvidia stand to win substantially from AI buildout—that appears real. Whether they'll win by the magnitudes currently priced in remains an open question worth monitoring through earnings seasons ahead. Reporting: CNBC.

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