Memory maker SK hynix’s profit rises 557% amid global shortage, expansion costs climb to $27 billion — shares slide despite mammoth earnings as expectations out

Memory maker SK hynix's profit rises 557% amid global shortage, expansion costs climb to $27 billion — shares slide despite mammoth earnings as expectations out

CXMT closed its Shanghai debut up 466% on Monday after raising 57.92 billion yuan for DRAM wafer lines, and a report last week put China at low-volume production of domestic immersion DUV scanners running to around five units this year. TrendForce still has conventional DRAM contract prices rising 13% to 18% in the third quarter , with NAND up 10% to 15%.

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TechieTwo Whoddah Thunk extortion prices would lead to record profits??????? 😡 Reply

vanadiel007 I wonder how that is possible considering there is an apparent RAM shortage… Reply

Gururu There MUST be some other word to use other than "shortage". It is a fallacy. It really makes it seem like there is less memory being produced than there was yesterday. The buyout and hoarding of memory by a few entities should not be called a "shortage". Reply

beyondlogic i doubt there is a shortage if it is its artificially inflated. with papers with iou on it Reply

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