Chain Pulse — what the market is researching this week
Attention data as a product: which companies and segments readers are researching on wafergraph, blended with real news mentions, recent M&A, and market-cap moves. Every figure is grounded in the live wafergraph dataset — nothing here is a forecast or an opinion.
Data as of 2026-10-28.
Most researched this week
Ranked by aggregate, cookieless reader page views over the trailing 7 days (2026-10-21 → 2026-10-28). Scores are relative to the most-viewed company (0-100) — raw visit counts are never published. Companies tied at minimal attention are collapsed rather than ranked alphabetically.
- 1. Tesla relative score 100/100
- 2. Alphabet (Google) relative score 67/100
- 3. GigaDevice Semiconductor relative score 56/100
- 4. AMD relative score 44/100
- 5. Broadcom relative score 44/100
- 6. Hana Materials Inc. relative score 44/100
- 7. Hangzhou Changchuan Technology relative score 44/100
- 8. OpenAI relative score 44/100
- 9. SMIC relative score 44/100
- 10. TOWA relative score 44/100
- 11. Unimicron relative score 44/100
- 12. AIXTRON relative score 33/100
- 13. Apple relative score 33/100
- 14. ASMPT relative score 33/100
- 15. Dell Technologies relative score 33/100
+ 87 others drew similar attention this week.
Trending segments
- 1. Design (Fabless) relative score 100/100
- 2. AI & Data Center relative score 84/100
- 3. Materials relative score 59/100
- 4. Equipment (Back End) relative score 39/100
- 5. Analog, Power, RF relative score 37/100
- 6. Equipment (Front End) relative score 31/100
- 7. Distribution & Misc relative score 27/100
- 8. Memory relative score 22/100
In the news
- AMD’s 16-Core Ryzen 9 9950X3D Is $79 Off On Amazon, But You Can Skip The $620 Offer And Grab Newegg’s Deal For $699, Which Gives You A Free 240mm AIO — mentions AMD (Wccftech, 2026-10-25)
- Nvidia discusses $2,000-per-GPU annual fee for software that 'runs agents on AI factories' — mentions NVIDIA (Tom's Hardware, 2026-10-25)
- Nvidia unveils OOI CPO prototype for post-2028 AI needs — mentions NVIDIA (DigiTimes Asia, 2026-10-25)
- Data Center Customers Are Reportedly Footing A Bigger Bill For A Superior HBM Supply Chain, Where Samsung Has An Edge, As It’s Estimated To Charge Up To 25% Ext — mentions Samsung Electronics (Wccftech, 2026-10-25)
- Namuga expands beyond Samsung with humanoid robot camera modules — mentions Samsung Electronics (DigiTimes Asia, 2026-10-25)
- Samsung's new 2TB 990 SSD is 38% off at Amazon today — mentions Samsung Electronics (Tom's Hardware, 2026-10-25)
Big moves
Market-cap change since the prior dataset snapshot (2026-10-25 → 2026-10-28); only companies priced at both dates, moves of at least 1%.
Gainers
- Vicor +20.4%
- Haesung DS +19.3%
- MaxLinear +17.5%
- Nanya Technology +15.9%
- Aehr Test Systems +15.5%
Losers
- Kingsemi -13.5%
- Beijing Huafeng Test & Control (AccoTest) -11.5%
- Hwatsing Technology -11.0%
- Piotech -10.1%
- AMEC (Advanced Micro-Fabrication) -10.1%
Methodology: aggregate, cookieless reader attention on wafergraph, 7-day window. News mentions are a text match against headline titles, not an editorial claim.