
Microsoft’s AI ambitions may have just taken another major step forward. A new report claims the company has secured a massive high‑bandwidth memory deal with SK hynix — big enough to send the chipmaker’s stock soaring nearly 9% in a single day. With AI hardware demand exploding and every major player scrambling for supply, this kind of agreement might give Microsoft a serious edge in the race to build out next‑gen cloud and AI infrastructure.
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