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The investment firm shifted away from some of the market’s biggest semiconductor winners in the second quarter.

Micron Technology (MU) broke ground on a new memory fab in July 2026 that will cost $9.3 billion and still not produce a single chip until 2028. That gap, years between shovel and shipment, is the real story behind every headline about the AI memory shortage. No amount of capital spending shortens ...

Lam Research just clawed back 34% from a brutal selloff, and a $3 billion R&D commitment to next-gen etching technology suggests the rebound may only be the beginning. But whether the company can own the atomic layer etching era before a supercycle hits is the question every semiconductor investor should be asking right now.

Polen Capital Management Llc released its “Polen Focus Growth Strategy” Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Polen Focus Growth returned 6.33% (net of fees) in the second quarter of 2026, significantly underperforming the Russell 1000 Growth Index’s 16.74% gain, as the market rally remained narrowly focused on AI […]

Shares of Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are down 5.7% in premarket trading Friday after the company posted record fiscal Q3 results but guided fourth quarter revenue and margins that failed to clear an elevated bar. The stock closed Thursday near $535, already up roughly 109% year to date and roughly 183% over one year. Strong Report, ... Applied Materials is Down 6% Premarket. Will It Drag Down Lam Research, KLA, and Other Semi Equipment Stocks?

Why investing for the long run, especially if you buy certain popular stocks, could reap huge rewards.

Applied Materials shares fell about 5% in premarket trading on Friday, as the ‌chip equipment maker's upbeat outlook failed to ‌soothe investors worried about the threat from intensifying competition. The muted reaction ​illustrates the high bar chip stocks have to clear and suggests that investors have little tolerance for any hint that a company may be falling behind peers. After a ‌sharp rally that ⁠has more than doubled Applied's shares this year, investors want clearer signals that the ⁠company's growth is outpacing rivals in the wafer-fab-equipment market.

In August 2026, Lam Research announced plans to invest more than US$3.00 billion over five years to expand its global R&D lab network, aiming to lift experiment capacity by over 50% and compress product development cycles for semiconductor customers across the US, Asia, and Europe. An interesting angle is how this integrated 24/7 lab system, which already supports over one million experiments annually, is being scaled to accelerate AI-era chip innovation through faster, closer collaboration...

Lam Research said on Thursday it intends to invest more than $3 billion in ‌the next five years to expand its ‌global research and development lab network, as it seeks to increase ​experiment capacity and speed up product development. The U.S. chip equipment maker said the multi-site expansion is expected to increase its experiment capacity by over 50%. • Lam Research is making the investment with the intention of staying ahead of customers' ​needs as ​the pace of innovation ​requires chips with new ‌architectures, different materials and complex features engineered with nanoscale precision, CEO Tim Archer said.

SanDisk just dropped a multi-year financial model at its Investor Day, and the ripple hit equipment stocks hard and fast. Here is what the targets signal about memory capital spending through 2030 and which semiconductor names stand to gain the most.

The stock is priced on a multi-year fab build-out whose pace is set by supply chains rather than by demand.

Jim Cramer is hosting a semiconductor-focused CNBC Investing Club call Thursday at noon. The AI capex cycle is running hotter than any point in the last two years, with hyperscalers, sovereigns, and enterprises racing to secure compute. These five names matter most, ranked by AI-driven revenue growth, earnings execution, margin expansion, and forward guidance strength. ... 5 Semiconductor Stocks Jim Cramer Could Be Talking About on Thursday

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.25%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.85%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.38%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26...

SpaceX just unveiled plans for a factory 15 times the size of the Pentagon, and its stated goal is to shatter the memory chip oligopoly. That ambition forces a hard choice for retirement investors holding semiconductor stocks right now.

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LRCX expands into PLP as larger AI chips drive demand, targeting a fast-growing advanced-packaging opportunity.

Investing.com -- In a note on Tuesday, Bernstein lifted its forecasts for wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) spending, raising price targets across its semiconductor equipment coverage on growing conviction that the current upcycle "has legs."

Intel stock was down after it said it plans to issue 210.5 million shares at a price of $95 a share.

Applied Materials' AI-driven semiconductor exposure, strong earnings outlook and broad technology portfolio support the case to accumulate the stock.

Tesla and SpaceX's $16.8B Terafab plan could spur demand for chipmaking tools, putting four equipment stocks in focus.

BofA, JPMorgan & Oppenheimer name their top 3 AI stocks. See the $255 Palantir target, $365 Amazon call and $400 Lam Research price target.

KLA Corporation just delivered a clean earnings beat and bullish forward guidance, yet the stock plunged double digits anyway. One top Wall Street analyst sees that panic as the setup of the year in semiconductor equipment.

Record revenue and margins driven by NAND demand surge and strong customer support services.

The Texas complex aims to produce more than one terawatt of AI computing capacity annually.

Accenture's revenue has swung quarter to quarter, while Lam Research continues to post steady growth.

Lam, The Cheesecake, Vertiv and Fortinet have been highlighted in this Screen of The Week article.

Everyone racing to own AI chip stocks may be buying into the wrong part of the supply chain. The real toll booth sits one step behind the GPUs, and one company collects on every wafer that makes next-gen AI hardware possible.

Applied Materials just handed investors a brutal one-month loss, yet one prominent Wall Street analyst sees the selloff as a setup for gains that would dwarf the broader market. The reasoning behind that call challenges everything the bears are pricing in right now.

Lam Research (LRCX) has drawn fresh attention after reporting quarterly and full year results on July 29, 2026, along with new guidance for the September quarter and commentary tied to AI driven semiconductor demand. See our latest analysis for Lam Research. At a share price of US$307.42, Lam Research has seen a sharp 7 day share price return of 21.82% after recent earnings and guidance, even though the 30 day share price return is down 12.22%. The 1 year total shareholder return of 222.20%...

This linchpin of the AI chipmaking market still has plenty of upside potential.