Alibaba soars but Asia markets dip

Alibaba soars but Asia markets dip

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…

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Alibaba Joins Chip Race As Nvidia Faces China Curbs

Alibaba Joins Chip Race As Nvidia Faces China Curbs

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)…

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Alibaba falls short of first-quarter revenue estimates

Alibaba falls short of first-quarter revenue estimates

(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…

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China’s server, chipmakers enter ‘super cycle’ as AI computing capacity mushrooms

China’s server, chipmakers enter ‘super cycle’ as AI computing capacity mushrooms

China’s domestic server and chipmakers are entering a “super cycle” as the country’s local governments spend lavishly on computing infrastructure to support artificial intelligence development. The AI Computing Power Concept Index, compiled by Chinese financial data provider Wind and comprising 54 component stocks, hit a record high on Monday, with an increase of 166 per…

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