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▶ 2:00 · Memory & Storage · AI creates structural memory shortage: 3 companies control supply, HBM consumes 4x wafer capacity, margins 52-72%
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Limitless Podcast

Samsung Just Became the World's Most Profitable Company

2026-07-09 · 7 company · 3 thematic
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josh kale

Co-host of Limitless Podcast (episode 210), a 4x/week show covering the frontier of AI and technology with a newsletter reaching hundreds of thousands. The podcast recently spun out as an independent entity.

ejaaz

Co-host of Limitless Podcast (episode 210), a 4x/week show covering the frontier of AI and technology with a newsletter reaching hundreds of thousands. The podcast recently spun out as an independent entity.

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Memory & Storagetailwindscore 9/10ejaaz
AI creates structural memory shortage: 3 companies control supply, HBM consumes 4x wafer capacity, margins 52-72%
AI demand for HBM creates a structural supply deficit of 3-5x over next several years. Only Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron can produce at scale. HBM requires 4x wafer capacity per GB vs DRAM…
AI Infrastructuretailwindscore 8/10ejaaz
Memory is the bottleneck for AI scaling: every GPU/TPU needs massive HBM, model sizes 10-20x memory each generation
AI models reread entire model weights (15-20T parameters) for every inference, requiring exponential memory growth. Each model generation 10-20xes memory requirements. Both training (HBM) a…
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Memory stocks in bear market (-20%) despite record earnings and 90%+ price hikes, Meta capex fears spook market
Samsung and SK Hynix stocks down 9-15% post-earnings despite beating estimates and guiding 20% further price hikes. Market fears Meta capex cap and historical memory boom-bust cycles (2017-…