The memory chip crunch is paying off for this U.S. company
THE SO WHAT
Quadrupled revenue to $41.45B and profit jumping from $1.88B to $28.2B in a year is what an AI-driven supply squeeze looks like when it hits memory. If your models are memory-hungry, assume this pricing power persists and bake higher, more volatile memory costs into multi-year unit economics.
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