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AMD, Marvell Technology, Semtech, Allegro MicroSystems, and MACOM Stocks Trade Up, What You Need To Know

Barchart·08/25/2026 12:02:13
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What Happened?

A number of stocks jumped in the morning session after easing selling pressure, lower Treasury yields, and positive momentum from Asian markets boosted investor sentiment ahead of Nvidia's quarterly earnings and key inflation data. 

Shares of major chipmakers and data-storage companies, including Micron Technology, SanDisk, Western Digital, and Advanced Micro Devices, pushed higher to recover from sharp declines in the previous session. Broader sentiment across the technology sector was buoyed by falling U.S. Treasury yields and retreating oil prices, which help support valuations for high-growth industries. Per Reuters, investors are closely eyeing AI bellwether Nvidia's upcoming financial results for evidence that global demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure remains robust. Overnight gains in overseas semiconductor peers, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and SK Hynix, further supported the sector-wide rebound.

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Among others, the following stocks were impacted:

Zooming In On Marvell Technology (MRVL)

Marvell Technology’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 55 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.

The previous big move we wrote about was 6 days ago when the stock gained 8.2% on the news that it disclosed in a company press release, a commercial agreement granting Google parent Alphabet a warrant to buy roughly 7% of its outstanding shares. Under the deal, Google received a warrant for up to 58.97 million shares at an exercise price of $206.58, according to the agreement. In addition, the vast majority of the stake vests only if Google drives significant business to Marvell. Notably, after an initial time-based tranche, the remaining shares vest in $500 million increments tied to eligible custom-products revenue, which includes AI inference accelerators and network controllers for Google's TPU roadmap.

Marvell Technology is up 171% since the beginning of the year, but at $242.08 per share, it is still trading 23.5% below its 52-week high of $316.43 from June 2026. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Marvell Technology’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $3,830.

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