About two weeks ago, Advanced Micro Devices announced the acquisition of MEXT, a startup that has built AI-driven software designed to make NAND flash behave like dynamic random-access memory. The deal closed quietly relative to AMD's accelerator headlines, but it is the more revealing transaction. A compute company spent money to solve a memory problem. The instinct in the … [Read more...] about AMD Acquired MEXT to Make Flash Behave Like DRAM. It Eases the Memory Crunch Without Threatening Micron or SanDisk.
The Memory Shortage Is an Existential Event for Small Electronics Makers, Not Just a Margin Hit
The memory shortage that lets Apple and Microsoft pass costs to customers is functioning as an extinction event for the companies underneath them. Firms with thin margins, no supply-chain leverage, and no room to raise prices are discovering that memory has gone from a background line item to the variable that decides whether they survive 2026. The poster case is Mono … [Read more...] about The Memory Shortage Is an Existential Event for Small Electronics Makers, Not Just a Margin Hit
The Manic Phase Is Real. The Crash Date Is Not.
The bull market has entered its manic phase. This is now the consensus framing, repeated across research desks and newsletter copy with equal confidence, and it is broadly correct. It is also, on its own, almost useless. A market state is not a calendar. The word manic describes how the market is behaving, not when it will stop. Distinguish the two questions the headline … [Read more...] about The Manic Phase Is Real. The Crash Date Is Not.
Oracle’s $95 Billion Capex Guide Meets a 6.5% PPI: Today’s Session Is the Test for Nvidia, AMD, and the AI Chip Trade
Two pieces of news landed within sixteen hours of each other, and they point in opposite directions for the same group of stocks. Wednesday evening, Oracle handed AI semiconductors the most bullish micro catalyst of the quarter: a fiscal 2027 capital spending plan of roughly $70 billion net — $90 to $95 billion gross — nearly all of it destined for GPUs, servers, and data … [Read more...] about Oracle’s $95 Billion Capex Guide Meets a 6.5% PPI: Today’s Session Is the Test for Nvidia, AMD, and the AI Chip Trade
PPI May 2026: Producer Prices Surge 1.1% as Iran War Energy Shock Hits the Pipeline, Goods Inflation Sets a Record
The Bureau of Labor Statistics delivered the second half of this week's inflation one-two punch on Thursday, and the producer side of the ledger looks considerably worse than the consumer side. The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 1.1% in May, matching April's pace, and the 12-month rate accelerated to 6.5% — the hottest reading since November 2022, when the … [Read more...] about PPI May 2026: Producer Prices Surge 1.1% as Iran War Energy Shock Hits the Pipeline, Goods Inflation Sets a Record