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Capital shifts from software into AI infrastructure and hard assets

The piece cites AMD first-quarter 2026 revenue of $10.25 billion, up nearly 38% year over year, as an example of AI infrastructure demand.

MarketBeat Ratings argues that investors are rotating away from pure software growth toward “hard assets” tied to the artificial intelligence buildout, including hardware, baseload power generation, and silicon foundries.

The outlet says AI capacity is increasingly constrained by physical infrastructure, pointing to data center power grids and chip supply chains as the core bottlenecks rather than which applications win users.

In support of its thesis, MarketBeat Ratings highlights Advanced Micro Devices, saying AMD revenue for the first quarter of 2026 was $10.25 billion, up nearly 38% year over year.

The analysis also references Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s geographic diversification efforts and links this to reduced disruption risk for silicon delivery, while concluding that the AI ecosystem is not dependent on a single vendor.

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