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Samsung, SK Hynix slide amid Nvidia financing worries, China competition
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Fusion42 · 28 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Samsung and SK Hynix shares plunged 9-11% as investors fled AI semiconductor stocks amid concerns over Nvidia's $250bn financing commitment to OpenAI, rising Chinese competition in memory chips, and doubts about AI workload intensity. SK Hynix's US-listed shares fell below their IPO price, signalling a shift in sentiment around AI infrastructure spending sustainability.
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The bet that AI datacentres would need infinite HBM is breaking. Nvidia may have to finance its own customer's infrastructure, Chinese memory makers are entering production, and cheaper open-source models are reducing workload intensity—your HBM roadmap and capacity plans were written for a capex cycle that may not happen.
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