Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), ARM Holdings, Samsung, and even IBM could only watch with mouths agape as the Santa Clara juggernaut hit the power-performance-cost problem with a tour de force of scientific ingenuity.
Elsewhere, LG Electronics added 3.9% and Kia Motors advanced 2.1% in Seoul, Foxconn International Holdings jumped 5.2% in Hong Kong, and Hon Hai Precision Industry climbed 2.2% in Taipei.
Last week potential buyer Andrew Ellis and his company, RFC Holdings, informed the Stock Exchange that they were in "advanced negotiations" with Murray.