Serenity
2026.07.23 04:52

$Intel(INTC.US) and $AMD(AMD.US) to sign CPU LTAs with Chinese customers for AI DCs (Reuters).

- Prices of some CPU products have risen more than 40% in China since the start of the year from sources.

- Month-on-month increases topping 10% for some products

CPUs were already a bottleneck, following CPU ratios due to AI inference...

But the broader trend of LTAs seems to be appearing from:

- Memory, with $Micron Tech(MU.US), Samsung, $Sandisk(SNDK.US), and SK Hynix signing DRAM/NAND LTAs.

- Photonics, with $Lumentum(LITE.US), $Coherent Corp.(COHR.US) signing EML LTAs. And recent Trendforce reports that $AMD(AMD.US) and hyperscalers are now pursuing CW LTAs.

And I'm sure there's many more from MLCCs to all the way to substrates.

+1 for the bottleneck investors... hard to be a "bubble that pops" if you have take or pay demand spanning multiple years.

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