AMD Fell 8% as China Unveils New Technology — the Real Risk Is the Multiple, Not the Lithography

    China’s breakthrough in domestic chipmaking equipment sparked a major semiconductor sell-off, dragging down Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) despite strong fundamentals. An announcement from a manufacturing facility in Shanghai on July 27, 2026, caused a severe summer downturn for the AI semiconductor market. State-supported Shanghai Aishengna reported the production of homegrown immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV)…

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    The US government is said to be considering allowing Nvidia to sell its H200 AI chips to China. Photo: Shutterstock Images

      China’s Nvidia challengers set for bumper IPOs amid tech self-sufficiency drive

      China’s Nvidia challengers Moore Threads and MetaX are set for their hotly anticipated market debuts, driven by investor excitement over domestic demand for home-grown graphics processing units (GPUs) amid Beijing’s tech self-sufficiency drive. Moore Threads opened a subscription lottery last week at 114.28 yuan per share, the highest pricing among A-share listings this year, and…

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      Fortune Tech: China’s Bitcoin theft blame, SoftBank’s Nvidia stake sale, Yann LeCun’s next act?

      Fortune Tech: China’s Bitcoin theft blame, SoftBank’s Nvidia stake sale, Yann LeCun’s next act?

      Good morning. I had the pleasure of hosting more than a dozen executives yesterday in a Fortune CEO roundtable discussion about how their strategies are shifting amid economic uncertainty and global complexity. We kicked things off with former Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart, who outlined the state of the economy and memorably said that it…

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      Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures tick down with Supreme Court tariff case, Tesla shareholder meeting in focus

      Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures tick down with Supreme Court tariff case, Tesla shareholder meeting in focus

      US stock futures wobbled below the baseline Wednesday night, as investors weighed easing concerns over lofty AI valuations and drew optimism from a Supreme Court hearing that hinted at a possible setback for President Donald Trump’s tariff policy. S&P 500 (ES=F) and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) hovered near the flatline while Nasdaq 100…

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