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Global chipmakers saw their market value soar as investors rushed to get exposure to artificial intelligence, the latest sign of a frenetic bull run that is pushing tech stocks to all-time highs.The sector is being swept up by a wave of good news from AI companies, including ChatGPT-owner OpenAI’s record $500 billion valuation on an employee share sale and its pacts with a group of South Korean chipmakers, as well as a report that Intel is in talks to add Advanced Micro Devices as a customer.The bullishness has pushed the combined market capitalisation of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index and a gauge tracking Asia chip stocks up by just over $200 billion in the latest session, according to Bloomberg.Korean chip stocks were among the biggest gainers on Thursday, surging on the OpenAI deal and sending the Kospi Index to a record high.
