New rivals are lining up to challenge TSMC’s chip dominance, and crypto miners should pay attention

Meta is on track to begin production of its latest AI chips in September as part of an effort to reduce GPU costs amid ongoing component shortages, Reuters reported, citing an internal memo. The chips, developed under Meta’s Meta Training and Inference Accelerator program with Broadcom and manufactured by TSMC, are intended to support training […]

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The post Samsung Profit, AI Jitters: S&P 500 Chip Shock appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. By the time futures opened, the news had already ricocheted through every desk: Samsung just pre-announced a monster quarter. Record territory. Yet the tone on the tape didn’t flip risk-on. Traders scrolled, frowned, and kept cutting exposure. It’s the tell you look for when a story’s getting tired. Even a headline that big can’t push people back into the pool. So what gives? Why did a blowout from one of the world’s most important chipmakers not chill the talk that we’re staring at an AI bubble? The chip complex had been sprinting for a year. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ripped to fresh highs into late June, only to get smacked by a violent air pocket days later. Then Samsung dropped preliminary guidance showing a record-breaking quarter, and the market shrugged. On July 7, Samsung guided to roughly 89.4 trillion won in operating profit and about 171 trillion won in consolidated sales

Samsung's 89.4T won Q2 profit didn’t calm AI chip fears. After a 130% SOX run and a KOSPI halt, S&P 500 faces concentration risk and rate headwinds.