Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's blowout third quarter earnings and optimism over AI demand boosted chip stocks Thursday.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM) shares jump after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and lifted its sales outlook on artificial intelligence (AI) demand. The results eased some concerns about a slowdown in AI-related growth, driving names like Nvidia (NVDA), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Micron (MU), and other semiconductor stocks higher. Morning Brief Hosts Seana Smith and Brad Smith take a closer look at TSMC’s results and moves in the chip sector. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.
Samsung Electronics has postponed taking deliveries of ASML chipmaking equipment for its upcoming factory in Texas as it has yet to win any major customers for the project, three people familiar with the matter said. Samsung has been also holding off on placing orders to some other suppliers for the $17 billion factory in Taylor city, prompting them to look for other customers and send staff deployed on site back home, three other people familiar with the matter said. The delay in equipment deliveries is a fresh setback to the Taylor project, which is at the heart of Samsung chairman Jay Y. Lee's ambition to expand beyond its bread-and-butter memory chips into contract chip manufacturing, which Taiwan's TSMC dominates.