Hardik Shah
2026.07.21 17:01

๐Ÿ“Š ๐ˆ๐๐•๐„๐’๐“๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐Ž๐“๐„: BofA Says Chinese AI Models Reinforce Bullish Memory Demand Outlook - $Micron Tech(MU.US) $SK Hynix(SKHY.US) $Sandisk(SNDK.US) $Seagate Tech(STX.US) $Western Digital(WDC.US)

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€:

โžค ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ reiterates ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜† on ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป.

โžค BofA maintains a $๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ price target on Micron.

โžค Chinese open-source AI models reinforce long-term ๐—”๐—œ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† demand.

โžค Kimi K3 API pricing is reportedly ๐Ÿฑโ€“๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐˜… lower than Western models.

โžค BofA says lower pricing reflects ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น choices, not hardware costs.

โžค Kimi K3 requires approximately ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฐ ๐—ง๐—• of HBM per serving instance.

โžค BofA says larger AI models require the same or more ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†.

โžค BofA sees ๐—–๐—ซ๐— ๐—ง focused on commodity DRAM, not advanced HBM.

โžค Micron's CHIPS Act restrictions may expire around ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ.

โžค Expiration could enable $๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌโ€“$๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป in annual share repurchases.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜:

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฎ, Analyst at Bank of America:

"reflect[s] business-model choices, not necessarily reflective of hardware costs."

"require the same or more memory as their model weights and active parameters increase."

"'Open' refers to weight distribution, not deployment cost."

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