Micron Technology, a key player in the memory and storage chip space, is enjoying a standout 2025, up 61% this year, compared with a 16% gain in the VanEck Semiconductor ETF. It is now trading at all-time highs. I wrote about this one month ago.

Further, Darden stock also tumbled 7% in morning action. Darden Restaurants missed earnings estimates for its fiscal first quarter, but raised its full-year outlook. Later Thursday, after the market closes, FedEx FDX and Lennar LEN are set to report their quarterly earnings reports.

Rambus is a memory-chip company exposed to AI and data centers, and an analyst sees its semiconductor revenue growing 40% this year.

Despite China's ongoing property crisis and its trade war with the US, the Hang Seng Tech Index has surged over 60% in 2025.

At 4:00 ET (20:00 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 123 points, or 0.3%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.5% to a closing record high of 6,631.17. The NASDAQ Composite rose 0.9%.

Artificial intelligence chipmakers saw strong momentum this week as corporate earnings, cloud computing contracts, and surging demand for AI infrastructure fueled gains across the sector. Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA),

Chips stocks slid Friday, dragging on the major U.S. equities indexes in the last trading session of August as China concerns weighed on the sector.

These five artificial intelligence stocks cover every angle of AI -- from chips and the cloud to quantum breakthroughs and clean power.

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