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Micron Posts 15-Fold Profit Surge as AI Companies Race for Memory Chips

6/25/2026

Micron Technology reported a fifteenfold jump in profit as artificial intelligence companies scrambled to secure computer memory, driving shares sharply higher in after-hours trading.

The chipmaker paired the result with a forecast for sustained demand, signaling it expects AI hardware spending to hold rather than pull back.

What the Numbers Say About Memory's New Role A 15-fold profit increase is not incremental improvement — it reflects a structural shift in who needs memory and how much of it.

Computer memory, long a commodity business squeezed by overcapacity and price wars, is now a chokepoint for AI infrastructure.

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