NVIDIA announced plans with several supply chain partners, including IBIDEN, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Unimicron, Amkor, KYEC and SPIL, to expand global manufacturing capacity amid strong AI demand. It aims to raise substrate capacity 2.5x over the next three years. Amkor plans to lift advanced packaging capacity by more than 300% by the end of 2028, while KYEC will build new U.S. testing facilities backed by a $1.1 billion capacity reservation advance from NVIDIA. SPIL targets a 15x increase in optical-engine capacity for co-packaged optics by mid-2027. The moves are aimed at strengthening the resiliency and redundancy of NVIDIA's supply chain.
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