{"id":19334,"date":"2026-05-26T22:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/surging-chip-stocks-warp-global-markets-semafor\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:40:41","slug":"surging-chip-stocks-warp-global-markets-semafor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/surging-chip-stocks-warp-global-markets-semafor\/","title":{"rendered":"Surging chip stocks warp global markets &#8211; Semafor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intelligence for the New World Economy<br \/>Surging chip stocks are warping stock markets globally.<br \/>US-based Micron Technology on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/26\/micron-stock-trillion-market-cap.html\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hit a $1 trillion market value<\/a> on strong demand for its memory chips; the tech-driven surge pushed US stock indices to new highs, despite the latest US strikes on Iran.<br \/>Chip giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-26\/tsmc-s-relentless-rise-powers-taiwan-s-market-value-above-india\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TSMC\u2019s rally largely drove<\/a> Taiwan to become the world\u2019s fifth-largest equity market this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-05-26\/smaller-taiwan-economy-overtakes-india-as-fifth-largest-stock-market\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">surpassing India<\/a>, seen as an AI laggard. <br \/>The investor enthusiasm masks underperformance elsewhere; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ericwallerstein\/status\/2058970937274622058\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">emerging market stocks are tanking<\/a> if Asia\u2019s three largest chipmakers are excluded.<br \/>The insatiable AI-fueled demand for chips is also posing geopolitical dilemmas.<br \/>US firms seeking new supply sources are wary of turning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/05\/26\/2026\/chinas-rising-memory-chip-sector-creates-dilemma-for-us-tech-firms\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"no-referrer\">China\u2019s booming memory chip sector<\/a> because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewirechina.com\/2026\/05\/24\/amid-a-global-memory-chip-supply-crunch-is-china-the-answer\/\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington\u2019s export controls<\/a>, The Wire China reported.<br \/>Intelligence for the New World Economy<br \/><span><span>Sign up for Semafor <\/p>\n<style data-emotion=\"css w8sqnb\">.css-w8sqnb{text-transform:capitalize;}<\/style>\n<p><span class=\"css-w8sqnb\">Business<\/span><\/span><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/img.semafor.com\/1465b37d906029f6872c38f753df1e6568cdd980-851x852.png?h=50&amp;w=50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.semafor.com\/1465b37d906029f6872c38f753df1e6568cdd980-851x852.png?h=50&amp;w=50&amp;auto=format&amp;q=75 1x, https:\/\/img.semafor.com\/1465b37d906029f6872c38f753df1e6568cdd980-851x852.png?h=100&amp;w=100&amp;auto=format&amp;q=75 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"max-width:100%;color:transparent;width:25px;height:auto;margin:5px 10px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOY1V3Nm8xZTdIaTdGWkpVVzdGTnJTbmFhTHNQenBlbExMOWVsc08wbHZaOXRweDJwam5JX1hPZGN1MFBpSEp4bUtMc0NlcmFtcFF5RGJtTE5hRnYtUzZ1LTVaUDBFNEJWcWpEVzlxNUZieWxBUTJnYl82bXBRcldGYjI3REpZTTFvWFE?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelligence for the New World EconomySurging chip stocks are warping stock markets globally.US-based Micron Technology on Tuesday hit a $1 trillion market value on strong demand for its memory chips; the tech-driven surge pushed US stock indices to new highs, despite the latest US strikes on Iran.Chip giant TSMC\u2019s rally largely drove Taiwan to become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}