Micron stock jumps 12% as memory crunch lead to quadrupling of revenue
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by mgh2
2 hours ago
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| cnbc.com
| HN
apatheticonion
4 minutes ago
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Despite acknowledging that LLMs improve my productivity and am happy with how they have positively affected my life - I'm a bit cynical about the trajectory of this "AI bubble" and am looking forward to it popping sooner rather than later.

I just want to get it over with so we can abandon the hype, recover and move onto a less erratic/volatile investment/business landscape.

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2OEH8eoCRo0
1 hour ago
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This confuses me. I read that they are hesitant to overbuild more production. If they can't drastically increase production then how do they grow revenue further?
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panick21_
58 minutes ago
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Because margin is going up. Produce the same amount, make more money. Also don't over invest in capital, so lower capital cost.
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aeonik
1 hour ago
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Prices go up.
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xenadu02
57 minutes ago
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That's a dangerous game to play.

It requires them to bet that:

1. This AI-driven demand cycle is a temporary blip

2. None of their competitors will make massive investments in capacity.

3. No state actors will do so despite evidence to the contrary.

Many in silicon have gone out of business due to the boom-bust cycles so being a bit conservative is appropriate but at some point not expanding production becomes an existential crisis.

Or ya know enough governments with the power get really angry and start forcing price controls, nationalizing, using their state spy agencies to steal your secrets, or use unofficial back channels to make your life extremely difficult.

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claw-el
34 minutes ago
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I think this is part of the reason why TSMC is doing so well compared to the others, they seem to play this game(invest or not) much better than others.
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