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A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index hit a fresh record high even as the broader Nasdaq slipped as NVIDIA unveiled its next-generation Vera Rubin platform at the ISC High Performance 2026 conference in Hamburg, which set off a chain reaction across the chip and AI-server supply chain.

Onto Innovation and KLA are riding AI-driven chip demand, but their growth paths, valuations and advanced packaging exposure differ.

KLAC's record fiscal Q3 revenues, rising advanced packaging outlook and AI-driven process control demand position it as a key semiconductor winner.

With a forward P/E of 50.84, KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) is among the 10 Most Overvalued Quantum Computing Stocks According to Short Sellers. On June 9, UBS raised its price target on KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) to $2,180 from $1,770 while maintaining a Neutral rating on the shares. The substantial increase in the target price reflects improving confidence in the semiconductor […]

KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) is one of the best AI memory stocks to buy in 2026. The stock has gained 113.61% YTD and is gaining attention due to its strength. It has received several rating updates in recent days, with Barclays raising the price target on the stock to $2,250 from $1,700 on June 11 and maintaining […]

Nearfield Instruments, a Netherlands-based firm whose machines help measure the features on ‌advanced semiconductors, said on Monday it raised $380 million in ‌new funding, bringing its valuation to $1.6 billion. Nearfield makes devices called atomic force microscopes, ​which can take direct measurements of features of chips that are only a few atoms tall by dragging a probe across their surface, similar to how a needle moves across a vinyl record. Those ‌measurements are taken periodically ⁠during the hundreds of steps to make a chip to ensure that the manufacturing process is on ⁠track, a field called semiconductor metrology, which is dominated by KLA Corp.