** Shares of chip-making equipment firm Lam Research LRCX.O rise 7.12% to $80.55 after upbeat Q3 revenue forecast on Wednesday
** Co sees Q3 rev at $4.65 bln, plus or minus $300 mln vs analysts' estimate of $4.34 bln - data compiled byt LSEG
** At least five brokerages raise PT after forecast
** The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index .SOX up 1.6%
** Shares of peers Applied Materials AMAT.O up 2.4%, while KLA Corp KLAC.O rises 1.7%
** Other U.S. chipmakers rise, recovering from Monday's selloff, sparked by Chinese startup DeepSeek's launch of a free AI assistant
** Networking chipmakers Broadcom AVGO.O and Marvel Technology MRVL.O rise 5.7% and 3.4% respectively
** Advanced Micro Devices AMD.O, that make chips for personal computers, servers and AI chips climb 1.8%
** U.S.-listed shares of contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing TSM.N and memory chipmaker Micron Technology MU.O also rise 3.1% and 2.9% respectively
** The iShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX.O up 1.2% while the VanEck Semiconductor ETF SMH.O up 1.6%
(Reporting by Sanchayaita Roy in Bengaluru)
((Sanchayaita.roy@thomsonreuters.com))
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