US-traded chipmakers lost about $1.3 trillion in market value after Broadcom's weak AI chip update hit confidence across the semiconductor space. The pressure spread across $NVDA, $MU, $AMD, $MRVL and $AVGO.

The question for traders is simple. Is this a reset in an overheated sector, or the first sign that the AI trade is becoming more selective? For months, AI chip stocks were treated as the cleanest growth story because data centre demand, AI spending and earnings momentum pointed in the same direction.

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Cloud platforms and AI infrastructure buyers

These companies are buyers of AI chips and data centre infrastructure. A chip selloff does not remove their capex problem, but it may change how investors view the cost side. If hardware prices cool, supply improves, or chip vendors lose pricing power, cloud plat ...