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China Cuts AI Memory Prices, Posing New Challenge to Micron and SK Hynix

Chinese manufacturers have cut AI memory prices, potentially intensifying price competition in the memory chip market and pressuring global players like Micron and SK Hynix. If the price war continues, it could erode industry margins and hurt earnings expectations, weighing on share prices in the short term, while long-term attention should be paid to Chinese technological progress and capacity expansion.

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