Samsung, SK Hynix slide amid Nvidia financing worries, China competition

Samsung and SK Hynix shares fell sharply as investors dumped AI semiconductor bets amid concerns over Nvidia's $250bn data-centre financing backstop, Chinese competitors' advances in lithography and chip manufacturing, and lower-than-expected demand from cheaper open-source AI models.

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