AMD Tops $1 Trillion Market Cap for First Time as AI Chip Rally Lifts Sector

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Advanced Micro Devices crossed $1 trillion in market capitalization for the first time on Monday, with its stock hitting a record intraday high of $613.92 on the strength of a five-day rally tied to AI chip demand. AMD shares climbed as much as 10% on the day, placing the chipmaker alongside Micron Technology, Broadcom, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, and Nvidia in the club of semiconductor companies valued at or above $1 trillion, a level reached by 15 other publicly traded companies worldwide. The five-session run has added about 24% to AMD stock, bringing its year-to-date gain to more than 180%, though AMD remains well behind AI chip leader Nvidia, which carries a market cap of about $5.4 trillion. The rally spread across the sector, with Intel shares surging up to 12%, Arm Holdings jumping as much as 14%, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index advancing more than 4%. Part of the renewed enthusiasm stems from the rise of Meta Platforms' Muse AI Agent to the top of Apple's App Store free applications chart after its launch earlier this month, stoking demand for processors used in agentic AI workloads; Meta, AMD's second-biggest customer at about 5.5% of revenue, rose more than 7%. AMD's AI-driven data center business has powered its growth, with first-quarter revenue of $10.25 billion, up 38% year over year, and a data center segment of $5.78 billion, up 57%, followed by second-quarter revenue of $11.54 billion, up 50%, including $6.7 billion from data centers, more than double a year earlier. CEO Lisa Su has said the company is targeting a doubling of its data center revenue by 2027, while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang forecast last week that his company would ship twice as many chips in the coming year.

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Advanced Micro Devices Inc
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AMD hit a record high and $1T market cap on a five-day AI-chip rally tied to surging demand for its data-center processors, with Q1/Q2 data-center revenue up 57% and over 100% respectively.

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Meta Platforms Inc.
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Meta's Muse AI Agent topped Apple's App Store free chart, stoking demand for agentic-AI processors; Meta is AMD's second-biggest customer at ~5.5% of revenue and its shares rose over 7%.