Semiconductor stocks suffered a brutal sell-off on Wednesday, with the $PHLX Semiconductor Index(.SOX.US)$ dropping nearly 7%, marking its worst performance since 2020. $ASML Holding(ASML.US)$ plunged more than 12%, while $Applied Materials(AMAT.US)$, $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD.US)$, $Marvell Technology(MRVL.US)$, and $Lam Research(LRCX.US)$ all fell more than 10%, and $NVIDIA(NVDA.US)$ dropped 6.6%.
What Happened?
The sharp decline in the semico...