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AMD joins trillion-dollar chipmaker club as AI demand surges

AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su gives the keynote presentation at the Advancing AI 2026 conference on Thursday, July 23, 2026, in San Francisco
AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su gives the keynote presentation at the Advancing AI 2026 conference on Thursday, July 23, 2026, in San Francisco Copyright  AP Photo
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By Angela Barnes
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AMD has become the latest trillion-dollar company, as the AI investment boom sends its shares soaring and data-centre demand fuels record growth.

US chipmaker AMD has become the latest company to join the $1 trillion (€850bn) valuation club, as investors pile into stocks benefiting from the massive investment boom in artificial intelligence.

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At around 5:10 p.m. CEST on Monday, AMD shares were up 9.4% at $612 (€520), extending a surge that has added some $200 billion (€170bn) in valuation to the semiconductor company in a week.

The California-based group, which has announced ventures with both OpenAI and Anthropic, notched a 50% jump in second-quarter revenues over the year-ago level to $11.5 billion (€9.8bn), thanks to a more than doubling of data centre revenue.

In releasing results in early August, AMD said it expects data centre sales to accelerate in the second half of 2026.

Even with the latest surge, AMD's valuation significantly trails rival chip company Nvidia, considered the pace-setter in artificial intelligence.

Nvidia's valuation currently approaches $5.5 trillion (€4.7trn).

Additional sources • AFP

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