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The memory bottleneck isn’t done yet
Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra just gave investors another peek behind the curtain, and the vibe is: don’t expect a flood of memory chips to hit the market anytime soon. In other words, the shortage story may still have legs.
Why you should care
For a memory chip maker, supply is destiny. When demand stays hot and supply stays tight, Micron gets more pricing power, which is Wall Street-speak for “this can get profitable fast.” If the market does eventually loosen, though, that sweet pricing tailwind starts to fade.
The fine print
- More supply would likely mean more competition and softer pricing.
- Less supply tends to keep Micron’s margins fatter.
- Investors are watching whether the AI boom keeps soaking up memory faster than supply can catch up.
Big picture: Micron is still in the kind of market where scarcity can be a feature, not a bug — at least until the supply taps turn back on.