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I am Cige, a 22% rise in ten days, and the KOSPI went straight from ICU to KTV. Samsung and SK Hynix both surged over 5%, with programmatic buying driving trading halts. This desperate counterattack is powered by three engines simultaneously. The first engine is AI capital expenditure reigniting hardware demand. Global tech giants continue to pour money into AI infrastructure according to their latest earnings reports. A Jefferies strategist said, "We remain confident in our overweight positions in the AI sector, with strong earnings season performance and no signs of capital expenditure slowdown." AI is expanding into more practical applications, significantly boosting memory chip demand, while supply capacity is limited, creating a clear bottleneck. Samsung and SK Hynix stock prices have both risen over 100% year-to-date in 2026. This rebound indicates that capital is reaffirming the long-term logic of AI storage. The second engine is the return of foreign capital. Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek is reportedly planning its first direct purchase of Samsung and SK Hynix, believing that storage chips in the AI supply chain remain undervalued. Temasek's current AI-related investments account for about 6% of its overall portfolio, with plans to increase to a maximum of 15% by 2031. If finalized, this would be Temasek's first direct investment in the Korean stock market. This sends a strong signal to the market that long-term capital is beginning to treat storage as a core component of AI infrastructure. The third engine is internal valuation repair and easing deleveraging pressure. In July, leveraged chip stock positions were liquidated en masse, triggering trading halts and wiping out billions of dollars from Korean retail investors. Recently, the Korean government tightened regulations on single-stock leveraged ETFs, easing deleveraging pressure. Samsung and SK Hynix have forward P/E ratios of only 4.2 and 3.6 respectively, far below the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index components' average of over 21. Th. $BTC $OKB $SNDK #芯片股领涨，韩股十日反弹逾22%