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Aletheia maintains buy ratings for SK Hynix and Micron citing Nvidia NVL SuperPOD memory density gains
Monday, March 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Aletheia maintains a bullish outlook on SK Hynix and Micron, citing an explosion in memory requirements for autonomous AI agents. The latest NVL SuperPOD configurations integrate HBM, LPDDR5X, SSD, and SRAM to reach a total memory capacity of 17 exabytes, representing a 240-fold increase in density over previous NVL72 rack designs. This shift highlights a transition where AI infrastructure must balance compute with multi-tiered memory architectures to support ultra-low latency reasoning and planning.
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Investment firm Aletheia has maintained Buy ratings for memory leaders SK Hynix and Micron, following new analysis of Nvidia's latest NVL SuperPOD architecture. As of March 2026, the firm highlights a massive shift in hardware requirements driven by the transition to Agentic AI, which demands complex reasoning and autonomous planning. The latest NVL SuperPOD configurations now feature a staggering 17 exabytes of total memory capacity across HBM, DRAM, and SSD layers, representing a 240x increase in memory density compared to the NVL72 racks debuted at GTC 2025.
This explosion in memory demand validates Aletheia's early identification of supply chain bottlenecks, such as the CoWoS constraints seen in previous years. The shift toward "AI Factories" necessitates a sophisticated balance between compute and ultra-low latency memory. While the specific quote "AI agents are essentially computers and memory" originated from a Japanese market analyst reflecting on Aletheia's views, the firm's core thesis emphasizes that the economic efficiency of future data centers will be dictated by diverse memory tiers rather than raw GPU power alone, positioning SK Hynix and Micron as primary beneficiaries of this architectural evolution.
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