Chip and semiconductor stocks advanced broadly on Monday, with Intel (INTC.US) surging over 10%. ASML Holding NV (ASML.US) gained more than 6%, while Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD.US) rose over 4%. Broadcom Inc. (AVGO.US) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSM.US) also increased by more than 3%.
The gains follow reports that several major AI chip design firms, including Google and Nvidia, have quietly begun considering Intel as a potential foundry partner. Google has formally placed an order with Intel, with plans to produce over 3 million tensor processing units (TPUs) by 2028.
In a recent earnings call in April, Intel's Chief Financial Officer David Zinsner stated that demand for the company's advanced packaging business has surged from the previously anticipated hundreds of millions of dollars to a multi-billion dollar annual scale.
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