BUZZ — US chip stocks fall as CoreWeave debt worries weigh on AI trade

* US semiconductor shares fell as concerns over AI financing costs lingered * Philadelphia semiconductor index declined 1.5% and set for its steepest eight-session percentage decline since Liberation Day selloff in April 2025 * AI-sector caution persisted amid concerns over CoreWeave debt load, while reports of advances by Chinese memory-chip maker CXMT pressured global chip stocks * AMD slipped 3.2%, Intel down 3%, Broadcom fell 1.8% * US-listed shares of Arm Holdings, and Marvell shed 3.4% and 2.2%, respectively; Lam Research fell 2.9% * US-listed shares of SK Hynix, down 4.7% and TSMC, slid 1.6% * Micron down 3%, Western Digital slipped 4% and Sandisk fell 3.7% * iShares Semiconductor ETF and Roundhill Memory ETF down about 1.8% and 3.3% respectively * Including session's move, the Philadelphia semiconductor index is up 60.8% YTD (Reporting by Anand Gopal in Bengaluru) ((AnandGopal.R@thomsonreuters.com)