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News brief · 2026-08-04

Financial Daily News — 2026-08-04

AI-infrastructure policy and semiconductor earnings dominated the investor narrative, while U.S. equities reached fresh records and labor-market data remained a key macro watchpoint.

News

U.S. considers restricting new Chinese optical transceivers used in AI data centers

The Trump administration is drafting a ban on U.S. imports of new Chinese-made data-center components, with the FCC reportedly working on restrictions targeting optical transceivers used to move data across fiber-optic networks inside data centers. Innolight was identified as holding a 27% share of the global data-center transceiver market. **Why it matters:** The proposal could shift procurement toward U.S., European and other non-Chinese optical-component suppliers while raising supply-chain costs for AI data-center construction.

Chip stocks help push U.S. indexes to fresh records

Nvidia rose 2.6%, Broadcom gained 6.6% and Micron Technology advanced 7.6% during Tuesday’s session, making semiconductor companies some of the strongest contributors to the market’s advance. **Why it matters:** Strength across GPU, networking and memory leaders indicates that investors continued to favor AI-infrastructure exposure despite ongoing valuation and spending concerns.

Earnings

AMD posts Q2 revenue growth and raises near-term revenue expectations

Advanced Micro Devices reported second-quarter revenue of approximately $11.5 billion and adjusted EPS of $1.66, compared with an analyst estimate of $1.62. AMD also guided to roughly $13 billion in third-quarter revenue, plus or minus $300 million, versus a consensus estimate of $12.52 billion. **Why it matters:** The results reinforce data-center demand as AMD’s main growth engine, although the post-earnings stock reaction suggested that investors were demanding stronger upside relative to elevated expectations.

onsemi provides above-consensus third-quarter guidance after its Q2 report

onsemi reported second-quarter results on August 3 and provided third-quarter guidance for revenue of $1.65 billion to $1.75 billion and adjusted EPS of $0.81 to $0.93. The revenue midpoint was reported as above the $1.67 billion analyst consensus. **Why it matters:** The outlook points to improving demand for power-management chips, including components used in automotive, industrial and AI data-center applications.

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