Why the launch of OpenAI’s latest Astra model reignited the memory chip trade

MarketWatch Monday 07 September 2026, 11:36 UTC By Jules Rimmer 1 min read

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Since troughing on July 29, the semiconductor sector has been recovering steadily with the OpenAI ChatGPT-6 Astra release bolstering sentiment further

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