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- Kioxia's stock price dropped by half within a month.
- AI boom boosted semiconductor-related stock prices, but supply and demand are highly volatile.
- Semiconductor industry is prone to drastic stock price drops due to long-term supply-demand forecasts.
- Performance and stock prices can suddenly decline due to market expectations.
- The industry's characteristics lead to high operational risks and instability.
As a key player in the global semiconductor supply chain, Taiwan is directly affected by industry fluctuations. Kioxia's stock halving in a month highlights the uncertainty of supply-demand forecasts in the AI era. Even as semiconductor firms benefit from technological booms, they remain vulnerable to rapidly shifting market expectations. This is not just a Japanese challenge, but a global semiconductor industry issue.
For readers in Taiwan, this case reminds us to look beyond technological progress and examine the industry's inherent fragility. While AI applications continue to expand, without resolving supply-demand instability and market expectation gaps, sustained growth will be difficult to achieve.
Kioxia's experience is a microcosm of the semiconductor industry in the AI era, reflecting the double-edged nature of tech-driven markets.