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Microsoft's Code of Conduct Contains No Capex Number. The Market Repriced Capacity Prices Anyway.
Microsoft's MAI Code of Conduct runs 15,203 words and never says compute. The capacity sellers fell 5-7% on it; flat prices cost our bases 19.5% to 41.7%.
SK hynix Approved ₩54T of Fabs Before a ₩40T Buyback. That Is Not Capacity Discipline.
SK hynix's ₩40T buyback reads as capacity discipline — but its board approved ₩54.3T of fabs on August 7, and that capacity lands in 2028, the bear-case year.
Sandisk Guided to $8.25 Billion and Printed $8.97 Billion at an 84.6% Gross Margin
Sandisk's FQ4: revenue $8.97B, up 372%, past its own high end. GAAP EPS $43.97 above non-GAAP $39.25. Gross margin 84.6%. The Rule of 40 stops discriminating.
Sandisk Heads Into Q4 FY2026 Earnings After a Record Quarter and a Brutal July Selloff
Sandisk's fiscal Q3 2026 revenue surged 251% on AI-driven datacenter SSD demand, but the stock has since round-tripped from a 1,000%+ post-spinoff run to a 55% peak-to-trough plunge and back. We preview the August 5 Q4 report and the NAND-pricing debate at the center of the swings.