Intel Drops 2.6% as Nvidia RTX Spark Eclipses Xeon 6

Intel and AMD shares slipped in premarket trading again this week, and the timing could not be worse for Intel. On October 8, 2026, chipmakers are still digesting a rough stretch that began October 5, when Intel fell 2.6% after investors weighed a bigger role for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in Intel’s own foundry plans, according to a Tradingpedia report. The next session brought more pain: Intel, AMD, Micron, SanDisk, and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) all slipped between 0.1% and 0.7% in premarket action, while Nvidia ticked up roughly 0.7%, per Stocktwits data cited in multiple market wraps.