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

A circuit board displayed inside the Texas Instruments (TI) semiconductor wafer plant in Sherman, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. Desiree Rios | Bloomberg | Getty Images 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%. Japanese technology stocks also fell. Tokyo Electron and Advantest dropped over 6% and 5% respectively. Murata Manufacturing , manufacturer of electronic components, fell 4.8%. Fanuc , manufacturer of industrial robotics, lost 4.1%. In Taiwan, Apple supplier Hon Hai Precision Industry declined 1.7%, contract manufacturer Pegatron was down 2.6% and iPhone camera lens maker Largan Precision lost more than 4%. Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co , or TSMC, however, bucked the broader trend to edge 0.4% higher. The broader decline followed a sell-off in U.S. semiconductor stocks overnight after Broadcom tumbled more than 12% following a fiscal second-quarter revenue miss. …