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Qualcomm After Q3: Can Snapdragon’s AI Push and Automotive SoCs Turn a Seasonal Phone Slowdown into Durable Growth?

Qualcomm’s latest quarter delivered a clear message to investors: the company is no longer just a handset supplier riding the smartphone cycle. A top- and bottom-line beat, stronger-than-expected guidance, and visible momentum in automotive systems-on-chip (SoCs) arrived alongside an ambitious AI roadmap that now stretches from on-device inference in phones and PCs to full-rack data center accelerators slated for 2026–2027. The numbers matter in the short run; the strategy matters for the multiple. Yet the broader market has become unforgiving toward AI spending from companies outside the hyperscaler club. In a week when AI-linked leaders shed more than $820 billion in market value, investors have demanded monetization clarity and tangible proof points. For Qualcomm, the question is whether its Snapdragon edge-AI franchise and accelerating automotive pipeline can offset smartphone seasonality and the looming Apple modem roll-off—and do so with margins resilient enough to support durable, multi-year growth.

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Palantir After Q3: Can a Government Shutdown and Commercial AI Momentum Re‑Write the Growth Narrative?

Palantir’s latest quarter delivered what the market said it wanted—an upside revenue print and stronger‑than‑expected guidance—yet the stock slumped into the close and helped ignite a broader AI risk reset. In a week that saw more than $820 billion erased from AI leaders’ market caps, the divergence between solid company execution and a skittish macro tape came into sharp focus. Two forces now frame the stock’s near‑term path: a prolonged U.S. government shutdown that temporarily starved markets of official economic data and dulled sentiment, and a still‑robust wave of commercial AI spending that keeps reshaping enterprise software priorities. Investors are weighing whether a potential shutdown resolution can revive federal buying cycles just as Palantir’s commercial AI engine gains speed—or whether AI multiple compression and policy noise keep the stock in a higher‑volatility regime. This piece unpacks Palantir’s Q3 setup, the AI valuation whiplash, the shutdown overhang versus relief rally dynamic, and the commercial adoption signals to watch. It then lays out scenarios, valuation context, and a practical investor checklist for the weeks ahead.

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AMD After Q3: Can EPYC Server Wins and AI‑Accelerator Momentum Turn Last Week’s Results into Durable Growth?

Advanced Micro Devices posted a robust fiscal third quarter and an above-consensus fourth-quarter revenue outlook, underscoring a strengthening multi-engine story across EPYC server CPUs and Instinct AI accelerators. The print adds hard numbers to a narrative investors have followed for months: steady CPU share gains in cloud and enterprise, paired with an expanding accelerator pipeline that now includes export-licensed MI308 shipments to China and headline-grabbing deployments with OpenAI and Oracle. Yet durable growth isn’t guaranteed. The data center build-out is real—and massive—but timing remains lumpy across the AI server stack, and the competitive bar set by Nvidia is extraordinarily high. This analysis unpacks what AMD just delivered, how EPYC and Instinct could compound from here, what the ecosystem is signaling about timing, and the risks and checkpoints that will determine whether last week’s momentum translates into multi-year, margin-accretive growth.

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TSMC’s Q3 Report: Are AI Chips Finally Turning the Foundry Market? What TSM’s Earnings Mean for CapEx, Pricing and Taiwan’s Supply‑Chain Risk

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. delivered another record quarter, underscoring how artificial intelligence is rewiring the economics of the semiconductor foundry business. Double‑digit revenue growth, an outsized shift toward advanced nodes, and a higher capital spending floor all point to AI as a structural—not cyclical—driver of utilization and pricing power at the leading edge. The ripple effects extend beyond Hsinchu. ASML’s latest update strengthens the 2026 outlook floor for lithography demand while warning of a significant China sales decline next year, sharpening the geographic rebalancing of tool orders. Meanwhile, fresh U.S.–China trade friction and China’s rare‑earth export curbs add a new layer of policy and supply‑chain risk just as hyperscalers race to deploy compute capacity. This analysis examines TSMC’s Q3 scorecard and outlook, connects the dots to utilization and margins across nodes, interprets the CapEx trajectory through an ASML lens, and assesses the policy overhang. We finish with investor scenarios that frame opportunities and risks for foundries, equipment makers, and AI chip designers through 2026–27.

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JPMorgan’s $10B ‘National‑Security’ Push: How Big Banks Are Rewiring Capital to Chips, AI and Defense — Market, Deal‑flow and Policy Fallout

JPMorgan Chase has drawn a clear line between national security and capital allocation. In a new decade‑long Security and Resiliency Initiative, the bank plans up to $10 billion in direct investments and to finance or facilitate $1.5 trillion in capital for defense, frontier technologies, energy systems, and advanced manufacturing. The move, 50% larger than its prior plan, formalizes what has become an urgent theme in corporate finance: hardwiring capital to strategic industries amid geopolitical tension, supply chain fragility, and surging AI‑driven infrastructure needs. The timing is not accidental. Washington and Beijing have escalated policy risks around critical inputs, with China tightening rare‑earth export controls and the U.S. threatening new 100% tariffs and fresh export restrictions. Europe, too, has moved from theory to action, with the Dutch government taking control of Chinese‑owned Nexperia to safeguard chip supply and strategic capabilities. In markets, these shocks are colliding with record‑scale AI capex and increasingly interlinked deal structures across chips, software, cloud and data centers. This article examines the scale and scope of JPMorgan’s initiative, why the policy backdrop is accelerating such shifts, where the money is likely to flow, the financing “plumbing” risks in AI and semis, the regulatory spillovers to watch, and the investor playbook under base, upside and downside paths. Real‑time market, rate, and macro data frame the opportunity set and risk contours.

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After the OpenAI Spark: What AMD’s 24% Surge Means for AI Hardware, Margins and the ‘Nvidia Monopoly’ Thesis

Advanced Micro Devices jolted the market after unveiling a multi‑year GPU supply partnership with OpenAI that includes multi‑tranche warrants allowing OpenAI to acquire up to roughly a 10% equity stake in AMD if performance milestones are met. The stock spiked more than 23% on the session, catalyzing a tech‑led rally even as broader indices diverged, and continued trading near record levels the following day. Beyond the immediate pop, the agreement redefines near‑term AI capital flows and challenges the assumption of a single‑vendor stack dominating AI compute. This piece dissects the catalyst and market reaction, examines hardware economics and margin implications, confronts the supply‑chain bottlenecks that will ultimately govern share shifts, and tests the ‘Nvidia monopoly’ thesis in light of buyer financing structures and circular capital flows. We close with equity angles—valuation, dilution mechanics, and the execution milestones investors should watch through 2026 and beyond.

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AMD's Q2 2025 Earnings: Record Revenue Amidst Market Volatility and Strategic Shifts

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) has once again captured the spotlight with its Q2 2025 earnings report, revealing a record revenue of $7.685 billion. This achievement marks a significant 32% year-over-year increase, driven by robust sales of its Ryzen product line. However, beneath the surface of these impressive figures lies a complex narrative of strategic challenges and market dynamics. As AMD navigates the competitive landscape of AI advancements and geopolitical tensions, investors and analysts alike are keenly observing the company's financial maneuvers. This article delves into the intricacies of AMD's latest earnings, exploring the factors contributing to its growth, the hurdles it faces, and the broader implications for the semiconductor industry.

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