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Original: 穎崴董座自嘲「昨天該給的貨都來不及交」！AI 測試訂單罕見看半年，下半年拚月營收衝 10 億
Winway chairman Wang Chia-huang said AI chip demand has pushed order visibility to an unprecedented 5-6 months, with H2 monthly revenue targeted to break NT$1B (~US$31M) and full-year revenue set for a record. In-house probe capacity will reach 9M units/month by year-end and double to 14M after the new Kaohsiung plant ramps in Q2 2027, while Winway is also positioning in burn-in (large Q4 orders expected) and CPO/silicon photonics test (production solution targeted 2027).
Why it matters: Sector demand signal — confirms AI advanced-process/packaging test capacity is sold out in Taiwan and validates continued upstream AI capex, but Winway itself is not in the tracked ticker universe and no listed name in the universe is directly mentioned.
Original: 國巨*(2327)股價285→784元還有肉嗎？ 億元教授鄭廳宜喊：這族群「本益比僅7倍」現在買最甜！
Professor Cheng Ting-yi argues passive components (Yageo 2327) have run their course after surging from NT$285 to NT$784 on Vera Rubin demand, and rotates his call into DRAM names trading at ~7x P/E — Nanya Tech (2408), Winbond (2344, flagged as potential ASE/3711 partner into NVIDIA supply chain), and Powerchip (6770, Micron tie-up). He also models TSMC (2330) reaching NT$3,000, which alone would lift TAIEX by ~6,800 points toward 50,000.
Why it matters: Sector rotation commentary from a TV pundit naming DRAM and a potential Winbond-ASE-NVIDIA tie-up — supply-chain narrative rather than a confirmed contract or earnings event.
Open source articleOriginal: 〈熱門股〉矽晶圓全面復甦 環球晶週漲41% 躋身新千金
GlobalWafers (6488-TW) jumped 41.56% this week to a record NT$1,015, joining the 'kilo-stock' club, after Chairwoman Doris Hsu said 12-inch wafer capacity remains fully booked and smaller sizes are ramping, prompting across-the-board price talks with customers. Most 1H pricing was locked in 4Q last year, so Hsu is targeting improvement in 2H — a positive signal for the broader silicon wafer cycle and peers like SUMCO and Shin-Etsu.
Why it matters: Record-high stock move with explicit chairwoman commentary on full capacity utilization and active price hike negotiations signals a wafer industry up-cycle directly relevant to semiconductor supply-chain PMs.
Original: NVIDIA 神祕數字宣傳 GTC Taipei，Arm、微軟助陣可望揭曉新款 PC
NVIDIA and partners Arm, Microsoft, Asus and MSI are jointly teasing a 'new era of PC' at GTC Taipei on June 1 and Computex, with market chatter pointing to the long-rumored N1X — NVIDIA's first Arm-architecture PC processor pairing a 20-core CPU with GeForce RTX graphics. A confirmed launch would mark NVIDIA's frontal assault on x86 in Windows PCs, with TSMC as the fab partner and MediaTek widely reported as co-development partner on the SoC.
Why it matters: Pre-event teaser without confirmed specs or SKUs; impact hinges on the June 1 GTC Taipei keynote, but N1X commercialization would meaningfully expand TSMC and MediaTek's NVIDIA wallet share.
Open source articleOriginal: 台股5月天打破魔咒 黃仁勳、MSCI雙神助攻狂刷「十大驚奇」
Taiwan's TAIEX surged 1,096 points (+2.5%) on May 29 to a record 44,732, with single-day turnover hitting a historic NT$1.92T (~US$60B) as MSCI's semi-annual rebalance triggered the largest closing-auction volume ever (NT$451.8B) and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's Taipei visit fueled AI sentiment. TSMC (2330) rose NT$60 to NT$2,355 and Aspeed (5274) jumped NT$1,115 to NT$18,950 — both record highs — while foreign investors net bought NT$80.1B (4th largest ever) yet simultaneously pushed index futures shorts to a record 60,650 contracts, signaling stretched hedging.
Why it matters: Broad market recap with record-setting index/volume data and named TSMC/Aspeed moves, but no company-specific catalyst — sector/market-data story rather than a stock-moving event for any single name.
Open source articleOriginal: 記憶體缺貨短期難解，華邦電規劃第二個潔淨室擴產、明年展開建設
Winbond chairman said the memory shortage spanning DRAM, NAND and NOR will persist into 2H 2026 due to insufficient 12-inch fab clean room capacity, with 2H pricing expected similar to 1H at elevated levels. The company will build a second clean room starting 2027 and approved a 200M-share GDR issuance in 2H to fund the expansion; 2025 revenue reached NT$89.4B (+9.55% YoY) with net profit of NT$3.18B.
Why it matters: Sector supply-tightness commentary from a niche memory player with capex planned for 2027 — supportive read-through for memory pricing but not an immediate stock-moving catalyst for tracked names.
Open source articleOriginal: 從餐桌調味料到壟斷 95% AI 晶片材料，百年味之素跨界稱霸的關鍵祕辛
Ajinomoto, which controls ~95% of the ABF dielectric film market essential for high-end AI CPU/GPU packaging, has formally notified IC substrate makers of a >30% price increase starting Q3 2026, with multiple Taiwan substrate vendors confirming receipt. The company is also adding a third ABF plant in Gifu (¥1.2B land buy, 2032 production) on top of ¥25B already invested at Gunma/Kawasaki, targeting 50% more capacity by 2030, but new lines take 18-24 months and supply remains tight versus AI-driven demand.
Why it matters: A confirmed 30%+ ABF price hike from a 95%-share monopoly supplier is a tangible cost-pass-through event for Taiwan ABF substrate makers and indirectly raises advanced packaging costs for TSMC's CoWoS ecosystem, but it's a supply-chain margin story rather than a direct stock-moving contract or earnings catalyst.
Open source articleOriginal: 輝達員工大會、金融雙雄法說、主計處估今年GDP衝上9.64% 本周大事回顧
Taiwan's stats bureau lifted 2026 GDP forecast to 9.64% (16-year high) on AI export strength, while Nvidia's Jensen Huang told a Taiwan town hall that annual local spend will scale ~10x toward $150B. Fubon Life posted Q1 Taiwan-equity returns of 40.18% and Cathay Life's unrealized equity gains topped NT$270B (~$8.3B), pointing to record FY profits; Quanta's Barry Lam reiterated very strong AI server demand into 2030.
Why it matters: Weekly recap bundling macro upgrade, Nvidia Taiwan capex pledge, financial-holdings earnings and Quanta AI server commentary — directionally supportive for AI supply chain but no single discrete stock-moving catalyst.
Original: 打破宿敵藩籬，黃仁勳：與英特爾是很棒的合作夥伴
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang publicly endorsed partnerships with Intel (AI PC, data center) and Marvell (custom silicon around NVLink/Spectrum-X), signaling deeper cross-ecosystem collaboration rather than rivalry. He guided to near-100% revenue growth this year with a similar pace next year, warning that ABF substrate and memory supply 'will never be resolved' given demand — implying sustained tightness for TSMC and the HBM supply chain through 2027.
Why it matters: CEO-level guidance of ~100% growth repeating next year plus explicit ABF/HBM supply tightness commentary is a direct read-through to TSMC capacity and Korean HBM suppliers.
Original: 迎接 Vera Rubin，黃仁勳：在台 AI 超級電腦產能倍增
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company will double its AI supercomputer production capacity in Taiwan this year to prepare for the next-gen Vera Rubin architecture, with each MGX rack containing 1.3M parts, weighing 2 tons, and involving 150 ecosystem partners. Huang highlighted Taiwan backplane suppliers including Delta Electronics (2308), Hon Hai (2317), and TSMC (2330), noting some partners have grown 3-10x in recent years as AI shifts from product to national infrastructure.
Why it matters: Nvidia officially committing to double Taiwan AI server capacity for Vera Rubin is a concrete capex/volume signal that directly benefits named MGX backplane suppliers including TSMC, Hon Hai, and Delta Electronics.
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