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Fab lead times, not price signals, now schedule the memory cycle's turn.

Synchronized record capex cannot compress physical buildouts — sold-out EUV capacity, greenfield cleanrooms, and grid constraints defer new memory supply to 2028-29, extending today's shortage while dating the next overshoot years in advance.

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The Memory Supercycle

The AI Memory Capacity Expansion Race: Citi Sees 2027 Capex Surging 46.5% to $80.4B — the Classic "Everyone Adds at Once" Tell, Offset by a 2028-29 Supply Lag

Even a +46.5% synchronized capex surge lands supply only when Yongin, Indiana, and the 2027-vintage wafer starts mature, because EUV is sold out through 2030 and the power grid itself now throttles fab construction.

The Memory Supercycle

Semiconductor Equipment Leaders Reap Record Revenues from the AI Memory Capex Boom

Record WFE revenues and raised forecasts mark capacity that ships no bits for roughly two years, hard-wiring the delay between today's shortage and tomorrow's supply wall.

Nvidia capex

HBM Bottleneck Watch: the "Rubin Cut to 1.5M Units" Claim Is a Stale April Re-Report — Rubin Is Shipping, and Memory Is Still the Binding Constraint

Record spending cannot compress memory fab timelines, so the shortage keeps rationing the silicon ramp on a schedule set by physical buildouts rather than price signals.