Qualcomm Surges 15% on Hyperscaler Deal: How Much Further Can It Run?
Qualcomm (QCOM) extended gains by 15.12% today after its CFO disclosed on the earnings call that the company had secured a data center AI chip order from an undisclosed hyperscaler, marking Qualcomm's formal entry into the server compute market dominated by Nvidia. Combined with better-than-expected Q2 Snapdragon AI smartphone chip shipments, QCOM has now surged over 27% across two sessions. Can data centers become a genuine second growth curve for Qualcomm, or is this single mystery order insufficient to justify such a dramatic valuation re-rating?