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Chip maker Micron has slammed the brakes on production and expenses entering calendar 2019 in anticipation of falling demand. The admission came as the company reported revenues of $7.9bn for Q1 of fiscal '19 ended 29 November, up 16 per cent year-on-year but an abrupt slowdown from the 40 per cent expansion in the previous …

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  1. Trollslayer

    Secular growth?

    No religious growth then.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Secular growth?

      From the secular sector, apparently.

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  2. David Pearce

    So why is DRAM so expensive?

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    1. wurdsmiff
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      A cynic might say

      That constraining supply is a good way to ensure prices stay at a level that makes shareholders smile. There's only so many mysterious fires that can go overlooked in a single industry...

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      1. David Pearce
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        Re: A cynic might say

        Did anybody say cartel?

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  3. Pascal Monett Silver badge
    Facepalm

    So doing better than the year before, but a lot worse than the last 6 months

    Doesn't that mean that the last six months were exceptional ?

    How long is the attention span of Wall Street Traders ? Ten, or twenty goldfish ?

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  4. Cursorkeys

    I find that hard to believe. Lead-times for Flash memory and SRAM are being pushed out to ridiculous levels and the disties are saying its because of 'market demand'.

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    Gotta love the "We foresee a down quarter, hack and slash everything!" It really bothers me that business has the attention span of a Russian social media flavor of the day fake news site.

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