5 Stocks in Focus: Jim Cramer on NVIDIA, Callers’ Picks, and Recent AI Data Center Rally

2. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is among the stocks in focus, as Jim Cramer analyzed the broader market impact of the recent AI data center rally. Cramer highlighted the positive developments of the company, as he remarked:

The second group of stocks leading us higher are the fiber optic plays that help transport data within the data center. Now, we’re talking about Lumentum, and Coherent, and Ciena; they’re all part of the data center plumbing. NVIDIA has put $2 billion each into Lumentum and Coherent, cementing the relationships. Good investments. Again, not a lot of companies in the fiber networking connect business. Semiconductors and companies related to them are always on the biggest gainers’ list.

This time, it’s Intel that’s leading because the company’s buying back part of an Irish facility it sold to private equity when it really needed money. So, see, it’s a sign of strength that they’re buying it back. Intel’s balance sheet after teetering for so long is now rock solid. Then, Teradyne squeezed in the top gainers’ list. That’s all about semiconductor test and measurement equipment. Again, narrow, narrow, narrow.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) designs and manufactures processors, chips, memory, and related hardware. Additionally, it provides software, optimization solutions, and AI-enabled platforms.