March 5 : Broadcom shares jumped about 7 per cent before the bell on Thursday after the company said it expects artificial intelligence chip sales to top $100 billion in 2027, as it pushes into a market long ruled by Nvidia. Big Tech firms such as Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta are expected to spend more than $600 billion to build AI infrastructure this year, boosting demand for chips, servers, storage and networking equipment. Broadcom expects to deliver 3 gigawatts worth of tensor