Semiconductor stocks in Asia and Europe were on the rise after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. guided for robust sales growth this year on strong artificial-intelligence demand. Shares of the world's largest contract chip maker closed 3.

A meeting between the heads of SK Hynix's parent company and Nvidia on Wednesday indicated the two will forge closer ties in AI hardware. Chey Tae Won,

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SK Telecom signed a $200 million strategic investment agreement with Penguin Solutions in July of 2024, and shortly thereafter, together with SK hynix and Penguin Solutions, formed a task force to explore ways to leverage their complementary capabilities to enhance customer offerings.

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street snapped out of a spell of holiday season blues, with markets in Tokyo and China declining. Japan’s finance minister rang in the New Year as Tokyo’s market resumed trading after the long traditional holiday, as staff in suits and kimonos clapped for good fortune in 2025.

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street snapped out of a spell of holiday season blues, with markets in Tokyo and China declining. Japan’s finance minister rang in the New Year as Tokyo’s market resumed trading after the long traditional holiday, as traders in suits and kimonos clapped for good fortune in 2025.

Global stocks are mixed after Wall Street snapped out of a spell of holiday season blues, with markets in Tokyo and China declining. Japan's finance minister rang in the New

Wall Street pointed higher before the opening bell on Monday, taking back some of its post-Christmas losses as markets prepare to kick off the first full trading week of 2025.

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Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1. ... driven by a 9% increase in computer chip maker SK Hynix Inc. and a 2.9% jump in shares in Samsung Electronics, the country's biggest company.

But the AI revolution has only just begun. Today’s most powerful AI models, often referred to as “frontier AI,” can handle and generate images, audio, video, and computer code, in addition to natural language.

Most Asian stocks fell on Thursday as investors reacted to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's tariff threats, a buoyant dollar and