Morgan Stanley’s Memory Problem

September 29, 2025

Morgan Stanley says the market for wafer fab equipment (WFE)—the machines that turn silicon into circuits—is going to boom. The firm raised its revenue estimate to $50 billion in 2026, up from $43.8 billion. Why? Memory. The management’s argument is that higher dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and NAND prices will support bit growth, justify more […]

We Called It: Nvidia Moves into Intel

September 24, 2025

Way back in November 2024, we argued that Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) foundry business could be rescued only with a powerful external partner, the likely candidates being Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) or Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM). Our follow-up in January 2025 argued that, despite popular speculation, Nvidia, not AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) or Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO), was uniquely positioned to […]

Bullish on America

September 22, 2025

Okay, you are a rising young executive at a Fortune 500 manufacturing firm. You have a great idea to boost factory productivity. It could increase earnings by billions of dollars per year for years to come. But it’s not quite a sure thing. Retooling the factory to try it out would cost a few billion […]

From DeepSeek to Alibaba: False Narratives Haunt Nvidia

September 17, 2025

Mainstream media chases headlines and scant facts, analysis, and distinctions. Okay, that’s no surprise! But it’s annoying when it affects our investments as it has done repeatedly to Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). Every time a new player enters the conversation, whether a hyperscaler, a custom chipmaker, or a Chinese tech giant, the story is told as […]

The New Mercantilism’s Threat to Your Wealth

September 15, 2025

The classic argument against tariffs often falls on deaf ears because it is abstract and difficult to prove. As expounded by Adam Smith in “The Wealth of Nations,” the idea is that countries should produce goods and services in which they have a “comparative advantage.” It is hard to show abstractly. Such advantages are revealed by […]

SK hynix Dethrones Samsung in DRAM

September 10, 2025

For more than three decades, Samsung Electronics has stood unchallenged at the top of the DRAM market. No more. According to Korean media reports, SK hynix has overtaken Samsung for the first time in 33 years, claiming 36.3% of global DRAM market share versus Samsung’s 32.7%. Micron, while still in third place, has benefited from […]

SK hynix Dethrones Samsung in DRAM: Shipments, ASPs, Revenue, and the Coming Hybrid Bonding Transition

September 8, 2025

For more than three decades, Samsung Electronics has stood unchallenged at the top of the DRAM market. No more. According to Korean media reports, SK hynix has overtaken Samsung for the first time in 33 years, claiming 36.3% of global DRAM market share versus Samsung’s 32.7%. Micron, while still in third place, has benefited from […]

The Man of Steel

September 3, 2025

The curious conservative enthusiasm for Trump’s tariffs thrives on microdoses of good news, or at least not so bad news. It seems news that tariffs have not yet resulted in big price increases get three cheers and a round of “jolly good fellows.” But the lack of dramatic price increases only means that tariffs have […]

TSM’s Expansion Gamble and the Next Phase of Foundry Dominance

September 1, 2025

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM), is making a huge bet that its unprecedented expansion in advanced nodes and overseas fabs will secure its dominance in the next era of chipmaking. The numbers are staggering: capex above $40 billion, capacity plans stretching across continents, and customer commitments spanning AI, smartphones, PCs, and hyperscaler applications-specific integrated […]

MIT AI Report Misreads the Market: Early Failures Don’t Mean an AI Bubble

August 25, 2025

A recent MIT report claiming that 95% of companies see zero returns from their generative AI investments is a prime example of the “publish or perish” plague where research is presented in ways to make headlines rather than provide balanced insight. I’ve seen it for decades from my time at Stanford University, and from my […]

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