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Capital spending of $9.98bn in one quarter bought 45% AI cloud growth, a 12% segment margin and a $6.58bn free cash outflow. The trade is now explicit in the accounts.
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China's AI grouping went from 29 signatories to 38 while the State Department prepared a warning against "duplicative initiatives". Stack choices are becoming jurisdictional.
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Revenue fell for a fifth straight quarter because a 19 percent ad decline on a bigger base beats 25 percent AI growth on a smaller one. Capex tripled meanwhile.
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A Chinese team reports 15.7 nT per root hertz at 1 Hz from a 400-square-micrometer die. The submarine headline is borrowed; the sourcing and threat-model questions are not.
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China's largest foundry is weighing extra equipment and hinting at another wafer price rise. The tight part is not AI logic but BCD power-management silicon.
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