Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist, Objective Analysis

Jim Handy

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist

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<li>The AI GPU market has been exploding, and this has turned the DRAM market's downturn into a strong upturn</li>
<li>With this growth, DRAM manufacturers have seen their business turn around, thanks to increased use of HBM</li>
<li>Two questions concern us: Will AI growth last? Will increased competition in HBM DRAM create a price collapse?</li>
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The AI GPU market has been exploding, and this has turned the DRAM market's downturn into a strong upturn
With this growth, DRAM manufacturers have seen their business turn around, thanks to increased use of HBM
Two questions concern us: Will AI growth last? Will increased competition in HBM DRAM create a price collapse?


The Big Question: Can Today's AI Surge Last?

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<li>NVIDIA guided FY28 revenue growth near 70% and Huang said demand is much greater than that. The ceiling is memory supply, not demand.</li>
<li>The limit is physical. HBM needs roughly 3x the wafer area of DDR5 per gigabyte, and is about 90% of the silicon area in a two-GPU package.</li>
<li>What lifts NVIDIA's ceiling is how they allocate wafers between HBM and commodity parts, not the price print.</li>
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NVIDIA guided FY28 revenue growth near 70% and Huang said demand is much greater than that. The ceiling is memory supply, not demand.
The limit is physical. HBM needs roughly 3x the wafer area of DDR5 per gigabyte, and is about 90% of the silicon area in a two-GPU package.
What lifts NVIDIA's ceiling is how they allocate wafers between HBM and commodity parts, not the price print.


NVIDIA Capped Its Growth at 70% Because HBM Takes 3x the Silicon of Ordinary Memory

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<ul><li>I was today-years-old when I learned that Europe has its own version of the Magnificent 7; the basket of giga-cap US tech companies comprised of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla.</li><li>The GRANOLAS Dubbed the “Granolas” by Goldman Sachs in 2020, this basket was chosen because it echoed themes present amongst the Mag 7 (back then it was just “FAAMG”) .</li><li><p>Namely, they were market leaders in the STOXX 600 Europe Index, they had grown to become an increasingly larger share of the market, and their earnings had far outpaced the broader index.</p><div></div></li></ul>

I was today-years-old when I learned that Europe has its own version of the Magnificent 7; the basket of giga-cap US tech companies comprised of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla.The GRANOLAS Dubbed the “Granolas” by Goldman Sachs in 2020, this basket was chosen because it echoed themes present amongst the Mag 7 (back then it was just “FAAMG”) .Namely, they were market leaders in the STOXX 600 Europe Index, they had grown to become an increasingly larger share of the market, and their earnings had far outpaced the broader index.

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<li>1810 HK/BIDU: Google's Gemma is an important move for client-side AI (+)</li>
<li>3690 HK: Local news said Douyin has deemphasized take out business (+)</li>
<li>PDD/4689 JP/AMZN/4385 JP/4755 JP: Data indicates that Temu is particularly popular in Japan (+/~/-/-/-)</li>
</ul>


1810 HK/BIDU: Google's Gemma is an important move for client-side AI (+)
3690 HK: Local news said Douyin has deemphasized take out business (+)
PDD/4689 JP/AMZN/4385 JP/4755 JP: Data indicates that Temu is particularly popular in Japan (+/~/-/-/-)


[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]: 700 HK/1810 HK/BIDU/JD/BABA/PDD/1024 HK/3690 HK/WB/4689JP/4755JP

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<li>NTES/700 HK: Tencent's &lt;Dream Star&gt; didn't perform as well as NetEase's &lt;Eggy Party&gt; during the Spring Festival.(+/-)</li>
<li>PDD/AMZN/SHEIN: Temu search queries pass SHEIN after running Super Bowl ads (+/-/-)</li>
<li>ZTO/1519 HK/PDD/BABA: Parcel volume delivery increased ~31% during the Spring Festival period (+)</li>
</ul>


NTES/700 HK: Tencent's &lt;Dream Star&gt; didn't perform as well as NetEase's &lt;Eggy Party&gt; during the Spring Festival.(+/-)
PDD/AMZN/SHEIN: Temu search queries pass SHEIN after running Super Bowl ads (+/-/-)
ZTO/1519 HK/PDD/BABA: Parcel volume delivery increased ~31% during the Spring Festival period (+)


[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]: NTES/700 HK/PDD/AMZN/SHEIN/ZTO/1519 HK/PDD/BABA

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NVIDIA guided FY28 revenue growth near 70% and Huang said demand is much greater than that. The ceiling is memory supply, not demand.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Europe's Magnificent Eleven

The GRANOLAS Dubbed the “Granolas” by Goldman Sachs in 2020, this basket was chosen because it echoed themes present amongst the Mag 7 (back then...

Investment Talk

[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]: 700 HK/1810 HK/BIDU/JD/BABA/PDD/1024 HK/3690 HK/WB/4689JP/4755JP

Google's Gemma is an important move for client-side AI; Douyin shifts focus away from takeout; and Temu gains popularity in Japan.

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[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]: NTES/700 HK/PDD/AMZN/SHEIN/ZTO/1519 HK/PDD/BABA

NetEase's outperformed Tencent's during Spring Festival; Temu search queries surpass SHEIN after Super Bowl ads; Parcel delivery volume up 31%...

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The Big Question: Can Today's AI Surge Last?

Today there's a surge in AI spending, and this has led to a recovery for DRAM makers. This Insight questions where this money is coming from, and...

Jim Handy

NVIDIA Capped Its Growth at 70% Because HBM Takes 3x the Silicon of Ordinary Memory

NVIDIA guided FY28 revenue growth near 70% and Huang said demand is much greater than that. The ceiling is memory supply, not demand.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Europe's Magnificent Eleven

The GRANOLAS Dubbed the “Granolas” by Goldman Sachs in 2020, this basket was chosen because it echoed themes present amongst the Mag 7 (back then...

Investment Talk

[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]: 700 HK/1810 HK/BIDU/JD/BABA/PDD/1024 HK/3690 HK/WB/4689JP/4755JP

​Google's Gemma is an important move for client-side AI; Douyin shifts focus away from takeout; and Temu gains popularity in Japan.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]: NTES/700 HK/PDD/AMZN/SHEIN/ZTO/1519 HK/PDD/BABA

​NetEase's outperformed Tencent's during Spring Festival; Temu search queries surpass SHEIN after Super Bowl ads; Parcel delivery volume up 31%...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Google's Gemma is an important move for client-side AI; Douyin shifts focus away from takeout; and Temu gains popularity in Japan.

NetEase's outperformed Tencent's during Spring Festival; Temu search queries surpass SHEIN after Super Bowl ads; Parcel delivery volume up 31%...