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2026-06-26
digitimes.com
2026-06-26
China's power semiconductor makers are lifting prices again as demand from artificial intelligence (AI) servers and new energy vehicles strengthens. The moves may signal a broader industry upcycle with global implications, as higher costs and tighter capacity could affect data centers, automotive suppliers, and power equipment buyers worldwide.
2026-06-26
digitimes.com
2026-06-26
Qualcomm used its Investor Day to formally launch Dragonfly, a new data center product line aimed at cloud AI, and set out an ambitious revenue path that would shrink its dependence on handset sales. The company said the plan could reshape its business mix by 2029, but it still faces questions over timing, product performance, and execution.
2026-06-26
digitimes.com
2026-06-26
SK Siltron is preparing to bring a new silicon wafer manufacturing facility online in South Korea next month. The expansion comes as AI data center investment helps lift wafer shipments, while pricing remains under pressure as capacity added during the last expansion cycle continues to weigh on the market.
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
The Motley Fool
Qualcomm (
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) is best known for the chips and wireless technology inside smartphones. At its Investor Day in New York City, the company made the case that its next major growth engine could come from a very different market: AI data centers.
That message ran through much of the event. Qualcomm is not walking away from handsets, but management wants investors to look at a wider set of g
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
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How Qualcomm is evolving to grab a piece of the AI data center explosion.
Daniel Howley · Technology Editor
Thu, June 25, 2026 at 1:03 PM PDT 2 min read
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Qualcomm (QCOM) made its mark as a smartphone chip designer. But smartphone growth has slowed, and after losing Apple (AAPL) as a key customer, the company began searching for
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
The Motley Fool
Seventy percent. That's the share of global memory chip production that artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are expected to absorb in 2026. Set aside what that means for the companies supplying it for a moment and consider what it means for everything else in the tech realm. Smartphones, laptops, cars, medical devices, and televisions are all competing for the remaining 30% of a supply base
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
Yahoo Finance
Microsoft stock tumbles, Micron sparks memory chip rally, Qualcomm's data center venture
Yahoo Finance and Josh Lipton
Thu, June 25, 2026 at 12:27 PM PDT
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2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
www.forbes.com
2026-06-26
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Qualcomm’s AI Data Center Bet: Inside The Dragonfly Strategy
BySteve McDowell,
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Jun 25, 2026, 12:38pm EDTJun 25, 2026, 02:30pm EDT
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Agentic AI is dramatically shifting data center economics, making inference the dominant workload and straining infrastructure with increased memory and data movement demands. Q
2026-06-26
www.datacenterdynamics.com
2026-06-26
Data Center Dynamics
OpenAI is hiring for a deal lead to form "high-value" partnerships with semiconductor companies.
The new hire is expected to pitch the use of OpenAI's AI models in chip development and company operations. The position and effort has not been previously reported.
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The role is part of OpenAI's 'Special Situations' team, "the company’s c
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
foreignpolicyjournal.com
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is making an aggressive push into the AI data center market, unveiling a broad range of new products including AI accelerators, CPUs, memory technology, and software.
The company has already secured deals with major customers, including Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Meta (NASDAQ: META), with Meta signing a multigeneration agreement to deploy Qualcomm’s new Dragonfly C1000 C
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
Yahoo Finance
Qualcomm Jumps 11%, Then Pulls Back Amid Meta Platforms Data Center Deal and Wave of Analyst Target Hikes
David Moadel
Thu, June 25, 2026 at 7:13 AM PDT 4 min read
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Qualcomm (QCOM) stock jumped 11% but then fell back after the company landed Meta Platforms (META) as its first-ever data center customer with
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
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Shares of Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM | QCOM Price Prediction) surged as much as 11% to $219 in early Thursday trading before retreating to $207, up 5% on the session. This volatile price action occurred after the chipmaker landed a marquee data center customer and watched price targets ratchet higher across the Street. The apparently fragile QCOM stock rally comes as analysts reassess Qualcomm’s divers
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
Yahoo Finance
Qualcomm Jumps 12% After Unveiling $15 Billion AI Data Center Target
Khac Phu Nguyen
Thu, June 25, 2026 at 6:51 AM PDT 1 min read
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Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) shares jumped about 12% in premarket trading after the chipmaker gave investors a much bigger AI data center target, forecasting more than $15 billio
2026-06-25
www.datacenterknowledge.com
2026-06-25
Data Center Knowledge
IBM’s NanoStack transistor platform promises to extend chip scaling beyond nanosheets, offering improvements in AI performance, memory density, and energy efficiency.
IBM has developed what it calls the world’s first sub-1-nanometer semiconductor technology, unveiling a new transistor architecture designed to extend chip scaling as AI workloads drive demand for more compute and greater energy eff
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
Yahoo Finance
Morgan Stanley upgrades Qualcomm after $5B data center forecast
Sam Boughedda
Thu, June 25, 2026 at 5:54 AM PDT 1 min read
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Investing.com -- Morgan Stanley upgraded Qualcomm to Equal-weight from Underweight and increased its price target to $231 from $146 in a note to clients on Thursday after the chipmaker's investor day revealed
2026-06-25
tomshardware.com
2026-06-25
Luke James
Qualcomm has announced that it will bring all four of its Dragonfly data center product lines to China.