AI Stocks Frenzy: Mega Deals, GPT-5 Hype and Bubble Warnings Fuel Aug 9–10 Market Buzz
The past week’s AI chip boom saw both turbulence and triumph. Advanced Micro Devices and server-maker Super Micro Computer – once high-flying “AI plays” – plunged after underwhelming earnings, briefly shaking faith in the AI hardware rally. AMD’s data-center chip sales rose 14% in Q2 but missed forecasts and paled next to Nvidia’s astonishing 73% surge ts2.tech. Its stock slid ~5%, as Jefferies analysts noted AMD’s AI outlook “did not show the sort of upside” investors hoped for ts2.tech. SMCI fared worse: shares cratered 18% in one day after it missed revenue targets and cut guidance amid Nvidia supply delays and rising competition from Dell and HPE ts2.tech. Over $6 billion in SMCI’s value evaporated overnight, a harsh reminder that any “weakness in the high-expectation AI space tends to spark sharp investor backlash,” as one analyst cautioned ts2.tech. Yet by week’s end the chip rally roared back. Investors piled back into semiconductors by Aug. 7–8, betting the setbacks were temporary ts2.tech. Nvidia and Broadcom – the two largest AI chip makers – each hit all-time highs, even notching record closes late in the week ts2.tech. AMD erased its post-earnings drop with a 5% rebound, and even TSMC spiked ~5%, fueled
