JPMorgan says AI chip rally could slow as hyperscalers close the performance gap
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- JPMorgan says AI chip rally could slow as hyperscalers close the performance gap Fiona Craig Fri, July 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM GMT+7 2 min read AI chip ©Asih Wahyuni Semiconductor leadership may become harder to sustain.
- In a note to clients, analyst Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou outlined two possible paths that could reduce the performance divergence.
- JPMorgan said this would allow those companies to "catch up, capturing a bigger share of the overall AI value-added pie."
JPMorgan says AI chip rally could slow as hyperscalers close the performance gap Fiona Craig Fri, July 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM GMT+7 2 min read AI chip ©Asih Wahyuni Semiconductor leadership may become harder to sustain. The strong outperformance of artificial intelligence semiconductor companies relative to hyperscale cloud providers may not continue indefinitely, according to JPMorgan, which believes the current valuation gap between the two groups is unlikely to remain at current levels over the long term.
In a note to clients, analyst Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou outlined two possible paths that could reduce the performance divergence.
Under the bank's more optimistic scenario, hyperscalers, AI model developers and enterprise customers improve their ability to monetize artificial intelligence investments, leading to stronger revenue and earnings growth.