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AMD, Oracle, Microsoft and the IGV lead a monster week for tech stocks

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · · 316 words · By Lola Murti
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What to know about AMD, Oracle, Microsoft and the IGV lead a monster week for tech stocks

Big Tech stocks capped a massive week on Friday, with shares of Oracle, Advanced Micro Devices and Microsoft posting historic gains and benchmarks.

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What happened

Big Tech stocks capped a massive week on Friday, with shares of Oracle, Advanced Micro Devices and Microsoft posting historic gains and benchmarks.

Why it matters

Oracle climbed 27% this week, its best week since June 1999.

Common ground

The company expanded an artificial intelligence data center power deal with Bloom Energy on Monday, contracting 1.2 gigawatts of capacity from Bloom.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The company expanded an artificial intelligence data center power deal with Bloom Energy on Monday, contracting 1.2 gigawatts of capacity from Bloom.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the expanded deal with Bloom Energy. Specifically, one source mentions the expansion to 2.8 GW (which encompasses the 1.2 GW mentioned) and another mentions the partnership's focus on AI data center power.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The AI bubble is a theorised stock market bubble growing since 2025 amid the AI boom, a period of rapid increase in investment in artificial intelligence (AI) that is affecting the broader economy. Sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_bubble
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Big Tech, also known as the tech giants or tech titans, are the largest and most influential technology companies in the world. It most commonly denotes the five dominant firms in the U.S. technology …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals, and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest
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Claim 2: “Broadcom, Micron and ON Semiconductor were also up at least 30% so far in April.”
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No evidence was provided or found for the claim regarding Broadcom, Micron, and ON Semiconductor's gains in April.
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Claim 3: “Marvell is up 41% so far this month.”
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Claim 4: “Oracle climbed 27% this week, its best week since June 1999.”
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The provided evidence for Oracle consists of general company descriptions and stock quote pages, but does not contain the specific percentage gain (27%) or the historical comparison to June 1999.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oracle Applications comprise the applications software or business software of the Oracle Corporation both in the cloud and on-premises. The term refers to the non-database and non-middleware parts. T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Applications
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oracle Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in Santa Clara, California, in 1977 by Bob Miner, Ed Oates, and current chairman of the bo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. If done through occultic me…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle
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Claim 5: “AMD climbed 13% this week and hit an all-time high on Thursday”
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One source (TradingView) mentions an all-time high for AMD, but the date provided (May 8, 2026) is in the future relative to standard current dates, and other sources only mention a '5-day winning spree' without confirming the specific 13% weekly gain or the Thursday all-time high for the current period.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nasdaq-100 (NDX) is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It is a modified capitalization-weighted…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq-100
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AMD v. Intel was a private antitrust lawsuit, filed in the United States by Advanced Micro Devices ("AMD") against Intel Corporation in June 2005.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices,_Inc._v…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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Claim 6: “The chipmaker [Intel] is up 55% in April, after a historic nine-day run driven by partnerships with Google and Elon Musk's companies.”
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No evidence was provided or found for the claim regarding Intel's 55% rise in April.
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Claim 7: “climbing over 42% during a run of 13-consecutive days of gains, its longest streak in over 20 years.”
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The evidence mentions a '5-day winning spree' and a 13% climb, but there is no mention of a 13-consecutive day streak, a 42% gain, or a 20-year record.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It develops central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ryzen family is an x86-64 microprocessor family from AMD, based on the Zen microarchitecture. The Ryzen lineup includes Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7, Ryzen 9, and Ryzen Threadripper with up to 96 cor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Ryzen_processors
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of microprocessors designed by AMD containing a 3D integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU), including those under the AMD APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) product series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_processors_with_3D…
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Claim 8: “Tesla also had a strong week, up nearly 15% as CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the company hit a key milestone on its AI5 chip.”
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Web search results confirm Elon Musk revealed the AI5 chip's successful tape-out and performance boost, and another source mentions the stock rising due to his renewed commitment.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/
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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk reveals Tesla's AI5 chip successful tape-out with 40x performance improvement over AI4. Full Self-Driving upgrade targets late 2026 production.
https://theoutpost.ai/news-story/elon-musk-unveils-tesla-ai-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk's renewed 24/7 commitment to Tesla surged investor confidence Tuesday. This focus, alongside robotaxi plans and China recovery, eased concerns, boosting shares.
https://www.benzinga.com/news/25/05/45623941/tesla-stock-ris…
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Claim 9: “The iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF (IGV) climbed nearly 14% week-to-date, its best week since October 2001.”
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Claim 10: “So far this year, the IGV is down about 19%.”
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Claim 11: “The fund [XLK] has posted 13 straight days of gains, and had its best week since April 2025.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 12: “The SPDR Info Tech Fund (XLK) also hit an all-time Friday for the first time since October 2025 and closed at a record level.”
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Claim 13: “Oracle was issued a warrant to purchase $400 million of Bloom shares last week.”
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Three independent web search results explicitly confirm that Oracle received a warrant to purchase $400 million of Bloom Energy shares, with one specifically dating it to April 9.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nerium oleander ( NEER-ee-əm), commonly known as oleander, rose laurel, be-still tree or rosebay, is a shrub or small tree cultivated worldwide in temperate and subtropical areas as an ornamental and …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — W.I.T.C.H. (stylised as W.i.t.c.h.) is an Italian fantasy Disney comics series created by Elisabetta Gnone, Alessandro Barbucci, and Barbara Canepa. The series features a group of five teenage girls w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren ( ZOH LOF-grin; born December 21, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer serving as a U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Lofgren is in…
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Claim 14: “Microsoft gained 14% this week, its best week since April 2015.”
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The evidence provided for Microsoft includes general stock price history and a mention of the US dollar's gain, but does not confirm a 14% weekly gain for MSFT or a comparison to April 2015.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MSFT/
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web search NEUTRAL — Dollar Rises, Headed for Biggest Weekly Gain in Two Months. 14 hours ago.Dollar rides rising yields to largest weekly gain in two months. 15 hours ago. Save for later.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Microsoft 52-week high stock price is 468.35, which is 15.4% above the...
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/MSFT/microsoft/sto…
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Claim 15: “Microsoft's rebound comes after the software giant wrapped its worst quarter since 2008 in March, where it lost almost a quarter of its value.”
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Three independent sources (Pixelift, TradingView News, and The Motley Fool) all confirm that Microsoft had its worst quarter since 2008 in March, losing nearly a quarter (25%) of its value.
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web search NEUTRAL — Microsoft closed its worst quarter since the global financial crisis of 2008, triggering a wave of anxiety among investors and technology analysts. A drop in market value of nearly 25% year-over-year …
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web search NEUTRAL — The software giant recorded its worst quarter since 2008 in March, losing nearly a quarter of its value before staging a rebound. Despite the recent gains, investors appear to be balancing optimism ar…
https://www.tradingview.com/news/invezz:973c0d2ee094b:0-micr…
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web search NEUTRAL — This marked the steepest quarterly decline for Microsoft since late 2008 during the Great Recession. Some investors might recall that the 2008 sell-off set the stage for a jaw-dropping run, during whi…
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