JPM analyzes sustainability of hyperscaler AI capital expenditure and memory demand, presenting bullish and bearish scenarios across five key debates including AI capex viability, memory budget allocation, HBM specifications, long-term agreements, and China competition. JPM leans bullish on memory demand through FY28 with robust hyperscaler investment, though expects moderating ASP growth and views China as a structural but near-term limited threat due to technology gaps.
The Nasdaq reached a record high in a mixed market session Tuesday, with chip and AI stocks performing well while the Dow fell slightly due to losses in Cisco and financials. Crude oil prices continued declining, and Sandisk and Micron showed buy signals.
Micron ($MU) reports earnings on September 30 with strong guidance expected; analyst consensus targets $1,564 per share, implying 50% upside from current trading levels. Separately, enterprise SSD demand is surging due to agentic AI and KV cache offload applications, while consumer NAND faces oversupply, creating divergent market dynamics.