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Memory stocks are surging irrationally; here is my analysis after reviewing earnings reports

Mai Ken CaoMai Ken CaoAug 212026/08/21 284 views

My clients have been a bit anxious these past few days. They're looking at procurement budgets for AI infrastructure, seeing Micron up roughly 715% YoY and SanDisk up 653%, and asking me if it's still viable to follow this market trend. Coincidentally, I started closely tracking SK Hynix's capacity data last month, so I pulled the earnings reports of the top four manufacturers and did a horizontal comparison.

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Lü Wenbo
Lü WenboAug 22

This analysis is pretty solid. I'd add one point: HBM bandwidth impacts AI training compute release much more than NAND does, but NAND's write amplification and lifespan issues aren't as sensitive in cold storage scenarios.