On May 26, iShares Philadelphia Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) rose 5.11% in regular trading, trading at $567.695/share, with trading volume of $1.338 billion.

On the news front, the global semiconductor industry is experiencing a powerful confluence of demand growth, policy support, and technological breakthroughs. According to SIA data, Q1 global semiconductor sales reached $298.5 billion, up 25% quarter-over-quarter, with March single-month sales of $99.5 billion surging 79.2% year-over-year. The industry is on track to surpass $1 trillion in annual revenue for the first time.

Multiple catalysts are converging: AI token consumption continues to rise exponentially with weekly global AI model calls reaching 28.9 trillion tokens; DRAM contract prices are projected to increase 58%-63% in Q2; and major memory chipmakers are accelerating IPO processes, reinforcing equipment order visibility. Additionally, a leading Chinese tech firm unveiled a new semiconductor development principle at ISCAS, while policy authorities explicitly directed domestic AI models to deepen compatibility with domestic compute chips, reinforcing the localization investment thesis across the supply chain.

The fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index, tracking the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index across the integrated circuit value chain.

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