Qualcomm stock closed up 11.6% on Friday and is now up 75% in the past month, as the company increasingly becomes a key player in AI devices (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

Katie Tarasov / CNBC: Qualcomm stock closed up 11.6% on Friday and is now up 75% in the past month, as the company increasingly becomes a key player in AI devices — Qualcomm shares surged 12% on Friday and are now up 75% in the past month, as the chipmaker's increasingly central position in the physical AI boom becomes more apparent to Wall Street.