📊 Micron Between Taiwan Strike Warning and Rebound - 2026.10.21

Hey~ It’s Onion. The memory market is making quite a bit of noise today. Let’s start with the news about the Taiwan union 📢

The Taiwan union is expected to go on strike starting on the 22nd ^[1]. It is demanding bonuses on par with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, and is also pushing to formalize the bonus system ^[1]. Reuters also reported that a bonus dispute had escalated, prompting the strike ^[2]. Oh, my~ When compensation issues come to the forefront at a leading memory stock, that’s not something to brush aside.

Labor Issues: An Unresolved Challenge

What’s confirmed here is the planned strike and the demand for bonuses. The materials provided don’t say how long the strike might actually last, what effect it could have on production, or where negotiations might lead, so I can’t make assumptions. I’ll leave those questions open for now. Still, the fact that competitors’ bonus levels are being cited as a benchmark is likely to remain a talking point at the negotiating table. Hey now, we can’t just let something like this slide!

The Stock Has Rebounded, but Opinions Remain Divided

The Jeju Minbo reported that Micron shares rebounded after a sharp drop, and is watching to see whether AI memory demand will drive the recovery ^[3]. Market In also reported that the shares broke out of their downtrend amid a rebound in the semiconductor sector ^[4]. But Wall Street has a somewhat different take. According to a Yahoo Finance article, the assessment of its market capitalization at 1,000,000,000,000 USD was reconsidered just one session later ^[5]. The article presents this as a claim, so it shouldn’t be treated as a fact confirmed by the company. One rebound isn’t enough to draw a conclusion just yet.

Wall Street’s View and the China Catch-Up Factor

Cantor Fitzgerald reportedly maintained its rating on Micron based on its supply outlook ^[6]. That’s an analyst firm’s forecast, not a plan announced by the company. So it’s best to treat it as a conditional view. Meanwhile, another Yahoo Finance article compared Intel and Micron to assess which is more exposed as Chinese memory maker CXMT grows ^[7]. That’s also an analysis piece, so I don’t think we can say for sure which company will be hit harder. China’s catch-up is a recurring topic lately, so it’s hard to ignore.

Onion thinks the bullish scenario is clear if labor negotiations are resolved smoothly and the supply outlook holds up. 🚀 But the key point is that those conditions haven’t all been met yet. Exactly, exactly! The market’s direction becomes clear when the conditions fall into place.

Questions Still Open

Where will labor negotiations lead, what picture will China’s catch-up paint for the memory market, and which way will Wall Street’s views shift? Those three questions are still waiting for answers. From experience watching this for a long time, I think we’ll only see the market’s direction clearly once all three are resolved. They say memory is all about remembering—let’s keep a good memory of our market and follow things one step at a time ☕

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Micron Technology Breaks Out of Downtrend as Semiconductor Stocks Rebound, Shares Edge Higher - Market In

마켓인 · 2026.10.20

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Wall Street Gave Micron Back Its $1 Trillion Crown Just One Session Later - Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance · 2026.10.20

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Intel Vs. Micron: Who Is More Exposed By Chinese Rival CXMT’s Progress? - Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance · 2026.10.20

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