Super Micro finally has a permanent finance chief after a search that ran close to two years, and he inherits unfinished internal control repairs plus SEC scrutiny that has dogged the accounting since the auditor walkout. For a $22.2 billion AI server maker whose credibility problem is the filings themselves, the next quarterly report is the test of whether the fix is real.
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Nearly 16 points separated the best and worst close across a 390-name watchlist, with Super Micro Computer up 9.56% to $35.58 and AT&T down 6.08% to $22. AI infrastructure and crypto-linked names took the top spots; communications and consumer took the hits.
Super Micro Computer opened up 13.4%, the biggest move across a 387-name priority list, with Dell, Vertiv and Bloom Energy also clearing 5%. Netflix and AT&T anchor the other end, each off roughly 4.8%.
Supermicro Brings NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer Solutions to the Network Edge with Nokia to Enable Low-latency AI Services
Telecom carriers become a new GPU buyer class here: Nokia's radio software now rides on Supermicro boxes built around NVIDIA's Aerial RAN Computer, with the edge ARC-Pro node delivering up to 1.6 PFLOPS of FP4 inference at the cell site. The ARC MGX servers are generally available now, with the 2U ARC-Pro hitting general availability in the first half of 2027.
A fresh Form 3 lands at the $21 billion AI-server maker just as it fills out leadership following its long-awaited CFO hire. Board additions at Super Micro carry extra weight after its accounting and filing troubles, so any new director signals where governance is headed next.
A criminal conviction tied to Super Micro's supply chain lands while the company is still repairing internal control weaknesses, and it hands export-control hawks a live example of Nvidia silicon reaching China.
JUST IN: Super Micro contractor pleads guilty to diverting "AI servers" with Nvidia chips to China
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Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 10/5/26
- Cramer flags a broken pattern: oil fell while the 30-year yield climbed to 5.66%, near 6%
- Nasdaq's record close carried by Microsoft on Copilot, Meta's small-business ad shift, and Nvidia's all-time high
- Saudis discounting crude $5 below the Oman/Dubai benchmark is market share defense, not a fading war premium
- Caller questions on Intuitive Surgical as a broken stock, plus KLA, Domino's and SoFi
Cramer's warning: strip out Microsoft, Nvidia and Meta and the safety names were hit, meaning three stocks are carrying the index. He says the bond market tells the truth longer term, and the 30-year at 5.66% caps any broad rally. Owning the hyperscalers has been the only trade that worked.
Chips and hardware took the top five slots at Thursday's close, led by ON Semiconductor's 5.52% gain, while every big decliner but one was a cybersecurity name. Zscaler's 9.88% drop to $193.43 was the worst in the group.
Same $10,000 into the two AI-server names on January 2: Dell is worth $46,396 today, Super Micro just $13,212. A 4.6x versus 1.3x gap inside the same end market.
Tempus AI closed 14.46% higher, the biggest move in a 111-name priority list where four other gainers ran 9% or better. The downside was far tamer: DraftKings led decliners at 7.38%, and nothing else lost more than 6.4%.
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