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China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) expects to raise at least 57.9 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) this month in an initial public offering on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style STAR Market in what would be Asia's largest share sale so far this year. The offering, which could rise to ‌66.6 billion yuan if the over-allotment option is exercised, would mark a major milestone for a company that has grown to become China's leading maker ‌of DRAM memory chips and a symbol of Beijing's push toward technological self-reliance. Below are some facts about CXMT and why it is capturing investor attention.

The company’s second upgrade to annual guidance is a sign that companies are scrambling for its semiconductor-making tools in the race to build AI infrastructure.

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ASML, the world's biggest supplier ‌of equipment used ‌to manufacture computer chips, ​on Wednesday reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue and profit, as demand from ‌makers of ⁠artificial intelligence chips offset uncertainty over ⁠sales to China. Revenue for the three months ​ended June ​30 ​was 9.33 ‌billion euros ($10.90 billion), compared with the 8.80 billion euros expected by analysts, according to LSEG ‌median estimates. Net income was ​2.92 ​billion euros, ‌compared with the 2.62 ​billion ​euros expected, according to LSEG data.

Asian stocks gained Wednesday as markets dialed back U.S. rate-hike expectations following an unexpectedly upbeat inflation print.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed up +0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +1.10%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) rose +0.35%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.97%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.30%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

(Bloomberg) -- Options on SK Hynix Inc.’s American Depository Receipts began trading on US options exchanges Tuesday, giving traders in the world’s largest derivatives market easier access to the volatile South Korean memory chipmaker. Most Read from BloombergUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Trump Plans Hormuz ChargeLindsey Graham, Senate Hawk Turned Trump Ally, Dies at 71Trump Embraces Australian Retirement System Backed by Larry FinkUS CPI Falls for the First Time Since 2020, Core Gauge

Samsung Electronics Co. is in the early stages ‌of exploring a potential offering ‌of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Bloomberg News reported on ​Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Samsung declined to comment. Samsung has ‌held preliminary discussions ⁠with banks, but hasn’t yet made a decision about whether ⁠to proceed, the report said adding that the discussions are in ​the very ​early stages and ​may not result ‌in a listing.

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ASML, the biggest supplier of equipment used to manufacture AI chips, reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday looking to justify its chunky valuation and demonstrate how it will contend with U.S. moves to block ‌exports to China. Clouding the outlook, however, is a proposed U.S. law requiring U.S. allies to align with export controls to curb China's ability to make advanced chips, with ASML named in the legislation. The company has denied selling its most advanced EUV tools to China, which is forecast to account for up to 20% of ASML's sales this year through legal purchases of ‌less-advanced DUV tools to make chips for automotive, ⁠industrial and electronic products.

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TSMC, the world's largest manufacturer of advanced AI chips, will likely notch a fifth consecutive quarter of record earnings, driven ‌by booming AI infrastructure spending. Analysts say demand for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's (TSMC) 3-nanometre and 2-nanometre ‌process technologies for AI chips, as well as for its advanced chip packaging technology, CoWoS, remains strong. Its market capitalisation is now nearly double that of South Korean rival Samsung Electronics at around $1.97 trillion.

Growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy is accelerating, driven by the continued semiconductor boom and policy measures.

Energy names help cushion the Dow as oil jumps on U.S.–Iran tensions and investors brace for key earnings and inflation data, today, July 13, 2026.

Global smartphone shipments fell 11% in the second quarter to their lowest level ‌for the period since 2013, as a prolonged ‌memory chip shortage drove up handset prices and dampened demand, according ​to early estimates from Counterpoint Research. Apple bucked the trend with a 3% rise in shipments, taking its global market share to a record 20% in the quarter ‌on resilient demand for ⁠its premium iPhone lineup and keeping prices unchanged. However, analysts expect price increases in ⁠the coming months.

Samsung Electronics aims ‌to bring ‌forward operation of its ​chip fabrication site in the city of Yongin, south of ‌Seoul, ⁠to 2029 from 2030-2031, as the ⁠chipmaker seeks to keep up ​with surging ​demand ​for memory ‌chips used in AI infrastructure, a source told Reuters on Monday. Samsung did not ‌immediately respond ​to Reuters' ​request ​for comments. Yonhap ‌News Agency first ​reported ​about the change of the plan ​on ‌Sunday.

Investing.com -- South Korean stocks are trading at their cheapest valuations on record despite an 80% rally this year, as corporate earnings, led by AI-driven memory chip demand, have outpaced gains in share prices, according to Bloomberg.

(Bloomberg) -- SK Hynix Inc. is open to issuing more US shares should returns prove strong and the company’s stock price remains stable, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said.Most Read from BloombergMicrosoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video GameNvidia’s $1 Trillion Slide Sends Valuation to Pre-AI Boom LevelsSK Hynix Raises $26.5 Billion in Biggest Foreign Debut in USPrabowo’s Clampdown on Indonesian Tycoons Fuels Capital FlightZuckerberg Pledges ‘Aggressive’ Pricing With Met

When South Korean billionaire Chey Tae-won attends a bell-ringing ceremony on Friday for SK Hynix's $26.5 billion Nasdaq listing, it will mark the ultimate payoff of a bet many once considered risky: buying a loss-making chipmaker that has since become an AI powerhouse. SK ‌Group's 2012 acquisition of Hynix was viewed as problematic even within the business conglomerate: Memory chips are cyclical and capital-intensive, and the company was losing money ‌while trailing Samsung Electronics in market share and technology. But under Chey, seeking an edge over Samsung, SK Hynix has spent more than a decade betting on high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, at the time a niche technology.

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(Bloomberg) -- SK Hynix Inc.’s record-setting US debut is paving the way for a fresh wave of leveraged products tied to the South Korean memory giant’s shares, bringing to Wall Street the popular bets that have amplified the stock’s volatility in Seoul.Most Read from BloombergMicrosoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video GameNvidia’s $1 Trillion Slide Sends Valuation to Pre-AI Boom LevelsZuckerberg Pledges ‘Aggressive’ Pricing With Meta’s First Pay-to-Use AITrump Vents Anger W

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China's fourth-largest DRAM maker seeks at least $4.3 billion to expand AI memory-chip production.

Samsung just posted the most profitable quarter in the history of any technology company. The market sold the stock anyway. On July 7, Samsung Electronics reported preliminary second-quarter results showing operating profit of 89.4 trillion won, approximately $58.4 billion, a 19-fold jump from the ...

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China's top memory chipmaker Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) said on Thursday ‌it will start book-building on July ‌15 for its Shanghai initial public offering as it seeks ​to raise 29.5 billion yuan ($4.34 billion). CXMT, long seen as a technological laggard compared with global leaders Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, will take ‌investor subscriptions on ⁠July 16 for its IPO, according to a stock exchange filing. CXMT's mega ⁠IPO comes amid rising volatility in global memory chip shares.