Intel (INTC) Note Takeaways:
โขBig Raise for Foundry Capacity
โฆIntel 3: +80% (mainly Ireland) by end-2028 (vs end-2026)
โฆ18A: +100% (Arizona) by end-2028 (vs end-2026)
โฆ14A: Strong ramp in Oregon
โขCapacity Drivers:
โฆRobust server CPU demand
โฆ18A yields improving to ~80%, EMIB to 90-95% in recent weeks
โฆMajor U.S. fabless on pipeline
โฆMajor smartphone maker to start with 18A-P (tablets/PCs) + committed to 14A capacity
โฆTeraFab project late-2028
โข18A Capacity Shift:
Pathfinder Lake volume wafer capacity โ Clearwater Forest (CWF) starts 3Q26, with full volume 1Q27 (expected to be ~1/3 of total 18A wafers)
โขFinancial Matrix:
โฆIFS to turn profitable in 2H27
โฆDCAI revenue +39% YoY in 2026E / +30% in 2027E
โขNvidia Collaboration: Likely includes x86 CPUsโจโ PC (RTX + Nova Lake in 2027)โจโ Server CPUs (Intel x86 IP + foundry) in late 2028
โขTP Raised to $135
This memory cycle will keep surprising investors
Bernstein now expects HBM4 pricing to rise from around $16.6/GB to $37/GB in 2027, when Vera Rubin ships in volume
That implies more than a 2x increase from current HBM4 pricing
$MU $5930 $000660
Our Vera SOCAMM note is causing a bit of a stir. As always some folks are jumping to the wrong conclusions. Those saying this is fake news clearly didn't visit the Hynix booth at Computex.