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Wednesday's session didn't need Nvidia's numbers to go green. The chip sector had already decided to buy the rumor. When the actual results arrived after the close, they were staggering. And the stock fell.

Intel dips premarket but holds a strong long-term trend. Check out the key INTC technical levels, SMA data, and MACD momentum indicators.

They have increased their payouts for a combined 171 years straight.

The electric vehicle giant's stock is down by around 7% so far this year.

STORY: Nvidia on Wednesday forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations, and assured investors that new customers would let it maintain blockbuster rates of growth. The world's most valuable company expects sales of around $91 billion, compared with estimates of about $87 billion.For the first quarter, Nvidia reported revenue of $81.6 billion, also beating forecasts.However, its shares dropped over 1% in extended trading, in a sign that investors believe Nvidia will face tougher competition.That could come from U.S. rivals Intel and AMD, which are finding new demand for their chips in AI applications. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told analysts his firm would grow faster than so-called "hyperscale" customers like Alphabet and Amazon.He pointed to a new segment of smaller customers in its data center business that includes AI-specific cloud firms.He added that the company's new "Vera" central processors give it access to a $200 billion market.Huang said Nvidia expects $20 billion in revenue from the new silicon by the end of this fiscal year, in addition to the $1 trillion for existing Blackwell and Rubin chips by 2027.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says Vera CPU unlocks a "brand new" $200 billion AI market as agentic AI demand surges.

SCRT Labs has integrated Intel Trust Authority into its SecretVM platform to provide independent, hardware-rooted attestation by default. The integration positions Intel (NasdaqGS:INTC) as an external appraiser of trust for confidential computing workloads across cloud environments. This development targets sensitive use cases such as AI inference, financial services, healthcare, and regulated compute workloads that require higher assurance levels. For Intel, confidential computing sits...

Paul Meeks from Freedom Capital Markets says if and when Nvidia is able to do business steadily in China again, investors can expect a 15% increase to the company's revenues.

Constellation Research's principal analyst and founder Ray Wang discusses Nvidia's Q1 earnings. He remains bullish on the company and attributes the sell-off in the stock to "the street is just looking for a reason to be a naysayer"