Bain & Company reports that hardware and semiconductor stocks grew at a 24% compound annual rate from 2020 to 2026, reversing the long-standing dominance of software. The firm attributes this structural shift to insatiable AI compute demand creating value in bottleneck technologies like high-bandwidth memory and advanced packaging, while custom silicon becomes the fastest-growing data center segment. This revaluation signals a durable reallocation of tech sector capital toward physical infrastructure constraints rather than application-layer growth. Financial institutions should model this divergence as a persistent factor affecting relative valuation multiples and credit risk profiles across the technology supply chain.
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