Asia tech stocks drop after Broadcom rattles AI trade and drags Wall Street names lower

Key points

• A circuit board displayed inside the Texas Instruments (TI) semiconductor wafer plant in Sherman, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Dec.
• 17, 2025. Asian tech shares on Friday tracked losses in U.S. chip stocks after a downbeat earnings report from Broadcom sparked a rotation out of artificial intelligence-linked names into more defensive sectors.
• The weakness was pronounced in South Korea's chip-heavy market.
• Samsung Electronics fell nearly 7%, while SK Hynix dropped more than 8%.
• Other tech-related names also came under pressure, with Samsung SDI down over 7%, LG Display falling 7.4%, LG Innotek losing 6.1%, and Seoul Semiconductor sliding more than 6%.