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#海力士推进NAND扩产，存储供给预期上升 Is SK Hynix really in a rush or just making a killing? I lean toward the latter. The second factory in Dalian has resumed operations, the one that was shut down during the storage downturn a couple of years ago. It's managed by their Solidigm subsidiary, with a new line producing 50,000 wafers per month; the first factory currently produces 100,000 wafers, so this is a direct 50% increase. Equipment arrives in November this year, and production will ramp up in the first half of next year. SK Hynix's domestic operations in Korea haven't been idle either. In early August, the board approved 54 trillion KRW: 35 trillion KRW for DRAM and HBM at Yongin Y2, and 19 trillion KRW for NAND at Cheongju M17. This is just the first tranche; the long-term plan for Cheongju is 100 trillion KRW, with M17 itself accounting for 80 trillion KRW, to be invested gradually. Why is SK Hynix pouring money in now? NAND contract prices rose over 70% in Q2 alone, and they have 88 trillion KRW in cash on hand, which increased by 33 trillion KRW in just one quarter. Not expanding now would be strange. But interestingly, while also making a killing, SanDisk is taking a completely different approach. $SNDK SanDisk, in a joint venture with Kioxia at the North Fab2, started production in the second half of last year and began large-scale shipments in the first half of this year with 218-layer BiCS8. However, they are not following SK Hynix's path of aggressively building fabs. The CEO clearly stated at the beginning of the year "unable to meet demand but refusing blind expansion," and at the Bernstein conference emphasized "disciplined supply restraint." Production increases mainly rely on process iteration, shifting from BiCS8 to BiCS10, which directly boosts density by 59%. Samples started shipping in July. TrendForce projects mid-teens percentage growth in sellable bits by FY2027, a moderate increase. #USCPIMatchesExpectations #AIInfraEarningsWatch #Gold4400HavenBid