Super Micro plunges ahead of third-quarter earnings later this month

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Super Micro Computer shares plunged 18% on Friday as investors scaled back their holdings of one of the market’s hottest stocks ahead of earnings later this month. Shares of Super Micro, which joined the S&P 500 in March, are still up about 168% this year after climbing … Read more

Intel unveils Gaudi 3 AI chip as Nvidia competition heats up

Pat Gelsinger, CEO Intel, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Intel on Tuesday unveiled its latest artificial intelligence chip, called Gaudi 3, as chipmakers rush to produce semiconductors that can train and deploy big AI models, such as the one underpinning … Read more

Rubrik files to go public as tech companies see thawing of IPO market

Bipul Sinha, co-founder and CEO of data security software company Rubrik. Sinha previously backed cloud management company Nutanix. Rubrik Rubrik, a nine-year-old data security software vendor, filed to go public on Monday, the latest venture-backed company to move toward the public market after an extended lull dating back to late 2021. The Silicon Valley company … Read more

Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chip will cost more than $30,000, CEO says

Nvidia’s next-generation graphics processor for artificial intelligence, called Blackwell, will cost between $30,000 and $40,000 per unit, CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday on “Squawk on the Street.” “We had to invent some new technology to make it possible,” Huang said, holding up a Blackwell chip. He estimated that Nvidia spent about … Read more

A big fine in Europe adds to Apple’s 2024 woes. What it will take to get back on track

Apple shares tumbled on Monday after European regulators hit the tech giant with a big antitrust fine over music streaming. This latest setback raises the question: How can Apple get its groove back? The European Commission dished out a $1.95 billion fine — claiming Apple violated competition laws in the music streaming market. It’s one … Read more

Lawyers who voided Elon Musk’s pay as excessive want $6 bln fee

Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and the X (formerly Twitter) platform, attends a symposium on fighting antisemitism titled ‘Never Again : Lip Service or Deep Conversation’ in Krakow, Poland on January 22nd, 2024. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images The lawyers who voided Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation as excessive on Friday sought a … Read more

Dell shares have best day since return to stock market in 2018

Dell CEO Michael Dell. Getty Images Dell had its best day since founder and CEO Michael Dell brought the company back to the stock market in 2018. Shares of the PC and server manufacturer surged 31% on Friday to $124.59, after the company posted fiscal fourth-quarter results that beat estimates. That tops the stock’s 21% … Read more

Earnings from Target, CrowdStrike and Kroger

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday told investors what to look for next week on Wall Street, including earnings from retailers like Target. According to Cramer, March’s market has come in like a bull — not a lion — but he wondered if it will go out like one too. He said the economy’s not so … Read more

Wall Street unfazed by hot inflation data

Customers shop for produce at the Eastern Market in Detroit, Michigan, on Sept. 17, 2022. Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? … Read more

Hot inflation data but could have been worse

A person shops at a supermarket in New York City on December 14, 2022. Yuki Iwamura | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you … Read more