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DECEMBER 20, 2023 AT 09:13 PM

Micron (MU) says improved supply and demand environment in current quarter gives the co. additional confidence in the trajectory of their business

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  • Intends to stay very disciplined with supply and capacity investments as pricing is still far from levels associated with necessary ROI.
  • Expect co. pricing to continue to strengthen through the course of 2024.
  • Inventories for memory and storage are at or near normal levels for customers across PC, mobile, automotive and industrial end markets.
  • FY24 CapEx expected to be between USD 7.5-8.0bln (exp. 7.57bln), primarily to support the HBM3E production ramp.
  • In pcs, MU forecasts unit volumes to grow by a low to mid-single-digit percentage in calendar 2024
  • Fiscal 2024 front-end cost reductions to track in line with long-term expectations of mid-to-high single digits in DRAM.
  • Demand for AI servers has been strong as data centre infrastructure operators shift budgets from traditional servers to AI servers
  • Sees fiscal 2024 front-end cost reductions to track in line with long-term expectations of low teens in NAND.
  • MU expects PC OEMS to start ramping AI-on-device pcs in the H224.
  • On track for volume production in 1-gamma DRAM using extreme ultraviolet lithography (euv) in calendar year 2025
  • On track to begin their HBM3E volume production ramp in early 2024
  • On track to generate several hundred millions of dollars of HBM revenue in FY2024.
  • MU forecast smartphone unit shipments to grow modestly in calendar year 2024.
  • Continue to work with US government, chips grants are assumed in our capex plans for fiscal 2024.
  • Expect supply-demand balance to tighten in both DRAM and NAND throughout 2024.
  • Expect customer inventory to approach normal levels in PC, mobile, autos, industrial end markets sometime in H1 calendar 2024.
  • Expects to decrease days of inventory in FY24.
Published: 12 / 20 / 2023 / 21:13Updated: 01 / 06 / 2024 / 14:55