Jukan @jukan05 43m Recently, bearish notes and rumors on NAND appear to be circulating, particularly out of China, al...
Near-term NAND/QLC pricing pressure headline risk
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Directly referenced via SanDisk LTA context; pricing concessions would most directly hit WDC NAND economics/sentiment.
Micron Technology, Inc.
Not named, but NAND tape-reading often spills over to MU; tradable on sector sentiment.
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Lower NAND LTA pricing could marginally reduce infra/storage cost; benefit is indirect and likely small versus total cost base.
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Post discusses circulating bearish rumors on NAND/QLC pricing (notably from China) and references a SanDisk (Western Digital) long-term agreement (LTA) with Meta at lower-than-expected pricing, plus weak QLC price negotiations. The speaker frames the bearish chatter as needing clarification, but the only explicit, investable details are about potential NAND pricing pressure and concessionary pricing to win LTAs.
Post is a general endorsement of a Meta Engineering Blog article (“Meta’s AI Storage Blueprint at Scale”). It implies Meta has meaningful AI infrastructure/storage engineering capabilities, but provides no explicit financial view, catalyst timing, or valuation/positioning guidance. Actionability is low; at most it’s soft supportive context for META’s AI infrastructure narrative.
Post is purely a meta comment praising Nomura’s 163-page “anchor report” and recommending to read it; no tickers, catalysts, positioning, or market views are stated.
Post highlights a technology/narrative shift in AI semis from node shrinks to 3D stacking/advanced packaging, while Korean memory leaders are described as “cautious on 3D ICs” and China’s CXMT is “accelerat[ing]” a niche strategy. The only explicit public-market tickers referenced are SK Hynix and Micron; implication is near-term competitive/positioning risk for incumbent memory names if they lag stacking/3D IC adoption and if Chinese supply/competition rises.
Post shares an anecdote: in 2007 AMD opened a major R&D center in Shanghai to access Chinese engineers to compete with NVIDIA; implies talent/geography as a competitive input but provides no current catalyst, numbers, or explicit investment call.
Post cites South Korean policy chief saying “SK” agreed to long-term cooperation with global tech giants including Nvidia to supply advanced memory semiconductors worth ~$750B over 5 years. Actionable mainly as a supply-chain/AI memory demand affirmation; details are broad (no SKU, pricing, margins, customer mix), so tradability is moderate.
Post cites a WSJ report: Apple is lobbying the White House to allow use of Chinese-made memory chips; Micron is opposing. Framed as an Apple–Micron conflict (plus commentary about Micron CEO ‘Sanjay’ and prior Apple actions in 2023). Actionable implication: policy/regulatory outcome risk around Apple’s memory sourcing and Micron’s potential share/pricing power in Apple-related memory procurement.
Post claims Apple is lobbying the White House to permit use of Chinese-made memory chips (per WSJ), while Micron is opposing. Author argues Apple’s “inflation” rationale is disingenuous, citing that a 5x memory price rise only added ~$50 cost but Apple raised iPhone prices by ~$250. Actionable mainly as a policy/supply-chain headline impacting memory sourcing and potential U.S. supplier leverage; no explicit trade call from the author.
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