By Joe Stonor
U.S. chip shares trade sharply lower premarket, extending the reach of a global wobble in artificial intelligence-related stocks following Samsung's quarterly update.
- Micron Technology and Intel fell around 6% and 4%, respectively
- Applied Materials and Lam Research, both major suppliers to Samsung--each lost around 5%.
In Europe,
- Amsterdam-listed **ASML-**whose grip on the supply of chip-making machines has made it Europe's most valuable company-fell, as did chip makers STMicroelectronics and Infineon Technologies.
- Dutch suppliers of semiconductor-making equipment BE Semiconductor and ASM International also slid.
In Asian trade, Samsung's decline spread to memory-chip maker SK Hynix.
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