At least four analysts have lowered their ratings on the chip stock so far this year, with the latest being Ben Reitzes of Melius Research. “We should have done this 10 months ago after an epic run for AMD,” he wrote, as he moved to a hold rating from his prior buy stance.

The innovation could accelerate the adoption of edge AI, an area in which AMD excels. AMD's stock suffered from the same news dragging down much of Silicon Valley today: the release of a new artificial intelligence (AI) model out of China that rivals the best U.