Intel Shares Jump Over 33% as AI Demand Lifts CPU Business

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Intel Corporation shares have climbed more than 33% over the past month as surging artificial intelligence demand drives renewed investor optimism around its CPU business. Revenue in the company's data center and AI-related segment rose 59% year over year to $6.3 billion in the second quarter, and Intel expects double-digit industry unit growth as server CPU demand improves. CEO Lip-Bu Tan has said Intel cannot fulfill all customer requests for its processors, with the company reportedly meeting only about half of them. Google has selected Intel to manufacture its Tensor Processing Units, while SK Hynix has reportedly held discussions with Intel on memory-chip production. Hedge fund interest has also grown, with 138 funds holding positions at the end of the second quarter, up from 112 in the first quarter, though short interest rose to approximately 158.81 million shares as of September 15 from 135.1 million as of August 14, or about 3.01% of shares. Intel still faces competitive pressure from Advanced Micro Devices in server CPUs and cost inflation in memory, wafers, and substrates.

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Semiconductors▲ · 2 stocks
Intel Corporation
INTC
▲ PositiveDemandCapitalrelevance

Data center and AI segment revenue rose 59% YoY to $6.3B with Intel unable to fulfill all customer CPU requests.

SK Hynix Inc
000660
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

SK Hynix has reportedly held discussions with Intel on memory-chip production.

Artificial Intelligence± Mixed · 2 stocks
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
AMD
▼ NegativeCompetitionrelevance

Intel's surging server CPU demand and inability to meet all orders comes as it still faces competitive pressure from AMD in server CPUs.

Alphabet Inc Class C
GOOG
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Google selected Intel to manufacture its Tensor Processing Units, a concrete foundry order for Alphabet.

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