Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Micron -- Low-Power Memory -- Low-Power DRAM -- LPDRAM -- March 4, 2026

Locator: 50138DRAM.

See this post from September 30, 2025. Link here. Simply amazing.

Micron

Up $21 today -- maybe more -- news coming out of South Korea. Wow. 

I have absolutely no idea what's going on. Ever since the war started I quit reading / watching the news / CNBC / etc., with some exceptions, including checking the Micron ticker. 

From Market Watch, last updated March 3, 2026, but which I only came across late this afternoon:

“Major selling in Asia in these sectors centered on memory winners like Samsung & Hynix is something to watch as to the impact on U.S. names that are very well-owned,” Mizuho trading-desk analyst Jordan Klein wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday.

But he thought the extreme daily declines for Samsung and SK Hynix shares reflected more that South Korean stocks had become “massively overbought.” In other words, the move wasn’t “a new negative indicator on fundamentals.”

Micron said Tuesday it made progress with a form of low-power server memory as it recently started shipping samples of what it calls “the industry’s highest-capacity LPDRAM module.”

“This milestone represents a transformational step forward for AI data centers, delivering low-power memory capacity that can unlock new system architectures,” the company said in a statement
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Wow, the things one just happens to stumble across. I think there's a "lesson" or a "message" here but I won't talk about that now. It should be obvious. 

Regardless, there may be a reason for some giddiness for those holding Micron. If this is accurate it could be quite a story:

Micron said Tuesday it made progress with a form of low-power server memory as it recently started shipping samples of what it calls “the industry’s highest-capacity LPDRAM module.”

“This milestone represents a transformational step forward for AI data centers, delivering low-power memory capacity that can unlock new system architectures,” the company said in a statement
.

One-day and five-day tickers:

Now this story from earlier today: link here. I'm too tired to go through this now -- highly recommend that you go to the link if you are at all interested in Micron.

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  • And now, Nvidia, also. I am also inappropriately exuberant about all things Nvidia. Nvidia is a metonym for AI and/or the sixth industrial revolution.
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  • Five New Slawson Permits; Seven Permits Renewed -- March 4, 2026

    Locator: 50137B.

    WTI: $75.93. Up 1.7% today; up $1.27 today. 

    Active rigs: 25.

    Five new permits, #42744 - #42748, inclusive:

    • Operator: Slawson
    • Field: Kittleson Slough, Mountrail County; 
    • Slawson has permits for two Pegasus wells and three Warlock Federal wells, NENE 16-157-91, 
      • to be sited, 300 / 500 FNL and 330 FEL.
      • looking at the area, I don't find much of interest there 

    Seven permits renewed:

    • Petroshale (3): Horse Camp , Mandaree oil field, Dunn County;
    • Hess (2): GO-Haug, Wheelock oil field; Williams County;
    • Stephens Williston, DBA SEG Williston, (2); Gernand, Ross oil field, Moutrail County.

    For The Archives -- March 4, 2026

    Locator: 50136ARCHIVES.

    I am in such a great mood today. It is amazing all the incredible news that has come out in the past twelve hours. And now, five new permits for the Bakken.

    The "stuff" coming out of the Mideast is truly amazing. My two years at Air War College back in 1993 - 1995, and my fifteen years overseas, including two full years in eastern Turkey, and even a few days in northern Iraq, time with the Kurds on the ground -- all now coming back to me. 

    Speaking of Turkey, Iran, attempted to attack Turkey today, but apparently allies brought down the Iranian ballistic missile. Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte said that was unacceptable. 

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    The Book Page 

    These books were scattered in various places around the house. These are the books I've been reading the last six weeks. Time to get them organized.

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    Apple

    Today's announcements incredible. The MacBook Neo. Joanna Stern: the Apple netbook I always wanted. 

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    Micron

    Up $21 today -- maybe more -- news coming out of South Korea. Wow. 

    I have absolutely no idea what's going on. Ever since the war started I quit reading / watching the news / CNBC / etc., with some exceptions, including checking the Micron ticker. 

    From Market Watch

    “Major selling in Asia in these sectors centered on memory winners like Samsung & Hynix is something to watch as to the impact on U.S. names that are very well-owned,” Mizuho trading-desk analyst Jordan Klein wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday.

    But he thought the extreme daily declines for Samsung and SK Hynix shares reflected more that South Korean stocks had become “massively overbought.” In other words, the move wasn’t “a new negative indicator on fundamentals.”

    Micron said Tuesday it made progress with a form of low-power server memory as it recently started shipping samples of what it calls “the industry’s highest-capacity LPDRAM module.”

    “This milestone represents a transformational step forward for AI data centers, delivering low-power memory capacity that can unlock new system architectures,” the company said in a statement
    .

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    AVGO

    The backlog of orders. 

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    SCOTUS and Immigration

    A unanimous ruling coming out of the US Supreme Court today. I think it's a big deal. Waiting to see how the mainstream media frames it. First blush: the robed men and women got it right. But, wow, unanimous. 

    Unless I'm missing something, the court knows that the judicial system can't adjudicate four million + cases and appeals, coming out of 13 lower courts. There are 13 federal appellate courts, known as the United States Courts of Appeals, which act as the intermediate level of the federal judiciary. They consist of 12 regional circuit courts and one specialized Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

    Finally -- Boots On The Ground -- March 4, 2026

    Locator: 50135KURDS.

    Updates

    Later, 6:51 p.m. CT: Kurdish fighters launch offensive in Iran. Big story. Link to The Jerusalem Post

    Original Post 

    I posted this early this morning about 7:30 a.m., March 4, 2026.

    This is now being reported -- 3:42 p.m., March 4, 2026.

     
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    Kurdistan
    Various Maps Over The Years
    From My Air War College Days
    1993 - 1995 
     

     










    AVGO -- Earnings -- March 4, 2026

    Locator: 50134AVGO.

    Earnings must be out.

    AVGO is down almost $6.00. 

    Beat estimates but not by much.