Hedge funds sold US semiconductor stocks for four consecutive weeks as the 2026 chip-over-software trade unwinds, with Micron, Sandisk, and Nvidia all hit.

Chip stocks lost 12% in two days as profit-taking and mixed signals from Broadcom and SK Hynix rattled the AI trade. Bitcoin fell too.

Bank of America says the semiconductor selloff is a bear trap and names seven stocks poised to benefit from the $1.5 trillion AI buildout.