Nvidia has ridden the generative AI boom to record-breaking revenues and profits over the past two years, and while it remains well ahead of its competitors, the company is facing growing pressure - not only from rival AMD but also from hyperscalers which have traditionally relied on Nvidia GPUs but are now looking to reduce their dependence on its hardware.

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Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) is the latest addition to the elite trillion-dollar companies club. The announcement that the company could generate revenues in the upward of $60 to $90 billion from artificial intelligence by 2027 underscores why it remains the center of attention on Wall Street.

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Broadcom estimates revenue from its three existing hyperscale customers will range from $60 billion to $90 billion in 2027, up from $12.2 billion in 2024. In other words, the company anticipates that custom AI chip sales will increase at least 70% annually in the next three years, but perhaps as quickly as 95% annually.

Broadcom faces significant risks from Apple's potential move to in-house chip production and increased US controls on AI chip exports. Despite a solid Q4 performance, Broadcom's reliance on Apple ...

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There aren't any rules about why or how often a company can split its stock. Broadcom wouldn't even be the first company to split its stock multiple times in a short period. Tesla executed two stock splits in the two years between August 2020 and 2022. Each share investors owned before those splits would equate to 15 shares today.