Jared Mitovich

After a brief cool-off last week, U.S. semiconductor and memory stocks are rallying in Tuesday morning trading, led by Micron, which is nearing a $1 trillion market capitalization. It's on pace to surpass Walmart as the 11th largest U.S. company. The revival began Friday when shares of Qualcomm ros

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Micron’s rise helped lift the S&P 500 and Nasdaq on Tuesday, and the semiconductor rally rolled on.

Long before Micron Technology was one of the hottest commodities in the artificial-intelligence trade, it received $1 million from a potato tycoon named J.R. Simplot. Simplot, who died in 2008, invested in Boise, Idaho-based Micron in the early 1980s while it was still a nascent company in the comp

With its dizzying rise yesterday, Micron became the 12th U.S. company worth $1 trillion, cementing the fastest run to a 13-figure valuation ever seen. The company reached the threshold only 48 days after it was first valued at $500 billion, according to Dow Jones Market Data. [Nvidia](https://www.ws

Surging demand for chip makers has lifted major indexes from their wartime malaise.

Even by the standards of the artificial-intelligence boom, the gains in chip stocks this year have been extraordinary. Sandisk has soared 570%. Intel has more than tripled. [Samsung](https://www.wsj/mar

Markets are buzzing about Micron's run-up to a $1 trillion market cap. Here are two takes on the chipmaker's sudden rise:

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