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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Chip stocks slide after Broadcom boss likens AI investing to ‘casino’

The CXMT booth at the 2026 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, China
CXMT said it had made good progress on new Dram architecture that would boost chip memory density. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock

Shares in semiconductor companies fell on Tuesday after the boss of Broadcom compared many AI investors to “casino” gamblers, and the Chinese memory chip maker CXMT said it had made good progress on a new chip architecture.

South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index tumbled 6.25% as investors dumped chip stocks, while other Asian markets were also lower. Japan’s Nikkei fell 1.8% and the Taiwan exchange lost almost 2%, with the country’s chip maker TSMC down by a similar amount.

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