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Chip firms fall in US and Asia as AI jitters rattle investors
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Fusion42 · 28 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Chip stocks fell sharply across US and Asian markets as AI-related selling intensified, with Samsung and SK Hynix down over 10% and Nvidia losing its position as the world's most valuable company to Apple. The sell-off reflects growing investor concerns about whether AI investments can generate returns sufficient to justify the hundreds of billions being spent.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Semiconductors and AI Infrastructure.
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Investors are repricing the entire chip sector on the question of whether AI infrastructure spending ever turns profitable. If you sell into the data-centre buildout—power, cooling, optical interconnect, networking—your customers' capex budgets are about to get harder scrutiny.
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