What we learned from the world’s top producers

The world’s top memory chip makers made plenty of headlines this week, capped by Micron delivering one of the strongest earnings reports of this artificial intelligence cycle. Micron posted revenue and earnings miles ahead of already high expectations, and guidance pointing to roughly 80% gross margins next quarter. And yet the stock sank. The market…

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Micron (MU) Q2 earnings report 2026

Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay, New York, on Jan. 16, 2026. Heather Ainsworth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Micron said revenue almost tripled in the latest quarter as results topped analysts’ estimates. The stock was mostly flat in extended trading. Here’s how the…

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People got rich quick and a reset is coming

Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley on Monday said the artificial intelligence wave is real and a lot of people got rich quick, but he expects a “reset” to come. “When people get rich quick, a whole bunch of people come in and want to get rich too, and that’s why we end up with bubbles,”…

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Why the CPU is taking center stage

Nvidia showed CNBC its latest Vera CPU at its Santa Clara, California, headquarters on Feb. 13, 2026. Marc Ganley | CNBC Nvidia‘s graphics processing units have been the hottest-selling chips for years, but the sudden advent of agentic artificial intelligence has brought on a renaissance for its more modest host chip, the central processing unit….

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AI adoption could send college grad unemployment soaring

Artificial intelligence adoption could lead to significant job struggles for entry-level workers as companies boost productivity, according to ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott. McDermott told “Squawk on the Street” on Friday that unemployment for new college graduates “could easily go into the mid-30s in the next couple of years.” “So much of the work is going…

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