Global market activities varied on Monday, with Wall Street on holiday. Notably, Chinese tech stocks surged, led by a significant revenue boost in Alibaba’s cloud business driven by AI advancements. In Europe, the STOXX 600 index inched up 0.3%, buoyed by healthcare stocks and promising manufacturing data. As the trading week progresses, attention turns…
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alibaba (BABA, Financials) is testing a new artificial intelligence chip that could give Chinese firms more options as access to Nvidia hardware remains restricted, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The chip is built by a Chinese manufacturer and is more versatile than Alibaba’s earlier AI processor, which had…
China’s drive for economic self-reliance is raising the spirits and prospects of its semiconductor industry, as insiders expect more home-grown technologies after Washington revoked waivers for some foreign-owned chipmakers’ factories in China to use US technologies in their operations. The Chinese branches of South Korean chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix, as well as Intel Semiconductor…
Alibaba rocketed 15 percent after bumper results after hours on Friday, including a surge in AI revenue (ALAIN JOCARD) Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba soared on Monday but Asian and European markets were mixed after Wall Street retreated from record highs. Alibaba rocketed almost 20 percent following bumper results on Friday, including a surge in AI…
Alibaba rocketed 15 percent after bumper results after hours on Friday, including a surge in AI revenue (ALAIN JOCARD) Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba boosted the Hang Seng on Monday, but other Asian markets mostly fell back after Wall Street retreated from record highs. Alibaba rocketed 15 percent following bumper results after hours on Friday, including…
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) is stepping deeper into the AI chip race, rolling out a new processor that’s more versatile than its older designs, the Wall Street Journal reported. The chip is built for AI inference letting trained models analyze new data and unlike most homegrown rivals, it works with Nvidia’s(NASDAQ:NVDA)…
Nvidia (NVDA) and other US chip stocks fell on Friday as a pair of headlines put the sector on track for a losing week after Nvidia’s high-profile earnings report on Wednesday garnered a tepid reaction from investors. Nvidia shares dropped more than 3% Friday and shed about 2% for the week. Friday’s drop came after…
China’s biggest cloud-computing company, Alibaba, has developed an AI chip in a move to address the supply gaps created after Nvidia faced regulatory barriers for selling its most advanced products in China. This comes as Chinese chip companies are building their arsenal of homegrown technology as the Chinese government pushes to win the global AI…
(Reuters) -China’s Alibaba (BABA) missed market estimates for quarterly revenue on Friday as the company’s e-commerce business grapples with tough competition and choppy consumer demand, eclipsing gains in its cloud computing business. U.S.-listed shares of the company fell 1.5% in premarket trading. Consumer confidence in China has taken a beating from persistent weakness, with the…
When Marc Guyon, a French national based in Hong Kong, decided to visit Shanghai in early August, the main attraction was not the city’s art deco architecture, but its driverless taxis and hotel delivery robots. “It’s super impressive – China looks futuristic,” he said. “It seems like all expats have the same reaction. Many of…