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Nvidia ( NVDA 0.75% ) has been the gold standard for artificial intelligence (AI) investing, specifically in the computing chip sector. Nvidia's GPUs are synonymous with the AI build-out, and it has ridden the wave of massive AI spending to become the world's largest company (at the time of this writing). However, there's a competitor that's looking to challenge that status. Broadcom ( AVGO +4.85

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Microsoft's Majorana 2 quantum computing chip switches to lead-based materials. Microsoft is accelerating its roadmap and expects a practical machine in 2029.

Following the conclusion of the Trump-Xi meeting and amid continued delays in China approving imports of Nvidia H20 GPUs, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on May 22 sent a strong policy signal on artificial intelligence (AI) self-sufficiency, explicitly calling for greater efforts to pair domestic large language models with domestically developed computing chips.