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South Korean semiconductor stocks rebound,SK SK Hynix up 3.47%, Samsung Electronics up 3.66%BlockBeats reports that October 14, according to Bitget market data, South Korean semiconductor stocks rebounded, with South Korea’s KOSPI Composite Index currently up 1.52%,SK SK Hynix up 3.47%, Samsung Electronics up 3.66%.

Previously, the South Korean stock market had experienced selling for 5 consecutive trading days, with selling in semiconductor stocks particularly pronounced. Market concerns initially stemmed from increased competitiveness on the Chinese side. ChangXin Memory Technologies recently disclosed that it had made key progress on a memory chip architecture that Samsung Electronics and SK SK Hynix are also advancing. Although the technological breakthrough remains some distance from creating large-scale, commercial competitive capacity, investors have begun reassessing the impact of Chinese memory manufacturers catching up on the future pricing power and valuation premiums of South Korea’s two leading companies.AI Changes at the margin in investment logic also amplified the decline. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said that demand for computing power infrastructure still exceeds the industry’s current supply capacity, and the supply-demand gap could persist through 2029 and even 2030; as hardware bottlenecks involving chips, memory, and electricity gradually ease, access to capital may become the biggest constraint on AI expansion. Many AI investors do not understand the business models they are betting on, yet have set extreme expectations, ultimately making this investment cycle “almost like being in a casino.”

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