Qualcomm Jumps 7% on AI Optical Interconnect Demo With Lumentum and Corning

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Qualcomm shares rose 7% to $190.82 in Monday afternoon trading after Lumentum Holdings announced a joint demonstration with Qualcomm Technologies and Corning of a high-density die-to-die optical interconnect built for artificial intelligence scale-up architectures. The demo, to be shown at an optical communications industry conference in Málaga, Spain, pairs a die-to-die interface subsystem from Qualcomm Technologies with Lumentum's laser-based optical interconnect platform and Corning multimode fiber connectivity. Qualcomm's advance far outpaced the broader chip tape, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF up 4% to $555.42 and the Invesco QQQ Trust up 2.51% to $738.79. Skyworks Solutions and Qorvo, the two radio frequency front-end suppliers typically grouped with Qualcomm in the handset supply chain, each gained just 0.4%, to $89.11 and $117.60 respectively, confirming the rally is specific to Qualcomm's AI story rather than a handset-cycle move. The demonstration carries no product or customer order, leaving investors to weigh whether Qualcomm has found a genuine AI second act.

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Qualcomm Incorporated
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Qualcomm's die-to-die interface subsystem is featured in the AI optical interconnect demo, driving its 7% jump.

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Lumentum Holdings Inc
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Lumentum announced the joint demonstration pairing its laser-based optical interconnect platform with Qualcomm's die-to-die interface.

Corning Incorporated
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Corning supplies multimode fiber connectivity for the joint AI optical interconnect demo with Qualcomm and Lumentum.

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