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Original: 股王信驊除息秀被打趴倒地 千金股8檔跟摔跌停 僅南電逆勢漲停
Stock king Aspeed (5274) was slammed to limit-down on its ex-dividend day despite a record NT$81 dividend (up 55% YoY), dragging 8 four-digit-priced Taiwan names including MediaTek (2454), GlobalWafers (6488), Unimicron (3037) and Yageo (2327) down with it. Nan Ya PCB (8046) was the lone gainer, hitting limit-up against the tape as heavy ex-dividend selling and broad electronics weakness swept the market.
Why it matters: Broad sector-wide price action driven by ex-dividend selling rather than a fundamental catalyst, but covers multiple tracked TW semi names including MediaTek and GlobalWafers.
Original: 〈訊芯股東會〉近兩年資本支出上看50億元 越南新廠Q4起效益顯現
ChipMOS-KY (6451-TW) guided combined 2026-2027 capex of NT$4-5B (US$125-155M) focused on CPO automation lines and advanced packaging for 800G/1.6T/NPO/OCS transceivers, with Vietnam fab benefits emerging late this year and scaling in 2027. Management expects double-digit revenue growth this year and potentially higher in 2027, though Chairman Shang-yi Chiang flagged 1-2 years of margin pressure during the Vietnam ramp, mirroring TSMC's overseas fab pattern.
Why it matters: Concrete capex guidance and Vietnam ramp timeline from ChipMOS-KY shareholder meeting, but the company is not in the tracked universe so direct stock impact is limited to indirect read-through on advanced packaging/CPO supply chain.
Original: 〈訊芯股東會〉蔣尚義找老戰友任董事 證實正與台積電合作 COUPE
Hon Hai-affiliated CPO packaging house Sigurd (6451) said its 51.2T CPO is in small-volume production and 102.4T CPO samples have shipped to customers, while it is co-developing COUPE back-end optical engine processes (FAU, grating coupling) with TSMC (2330). The company also added two ex-TSMC veterans — Zuo Da-chuan and Chang Mei-ling — as independent directors to strengthen technology and legal governance, reinforcing Hon Hai's (2317) silicon photonics push from 800G toward 1.6T.
Why it matters: Confirmed TSMC co-development of COUPE optical engine plus disclosed CPO production milestones is a clear supply-chain/roadmap catalyst for Sigurd, TSMC, and Hon Hai.
Open source articleOriginal: 傳三星下週公布最新投資計畫，未來 10 年擬在韓投資 1,000 兆韓圜
Samsung Group will reportedly announce on June 29 a 10-year, ₩1,000 trillion (~$647.5B) domestic investment plan, including up to ₩300T for a new chip fab in southwestern Korea, alongside AI data center, battery and display spending. The plan, to be unveiled with President Lee Jae-myung, also pressures Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to pull forward sub-Seoul fab timelines by 10+ years to 2034-2035 to meet AI-driven demand.
Why it matters: Named ₩1,000T capex plan with a ₩300T fab allocation and accelerated SK Hynix fab timeline is a clear stock-moving capex/policy event for both chipmakers and their domestic supply chain.
Open source articleOriginal: 高通收購 AI 新創 Modula，攜 Hugging Face 布局混合 AI 發展
Qualcomm announced an agreement to acquire AI software startup Modular, whose unified platform runs models across CPU, GPU, NPU and custom ASIC without per-accelerator rewrites, with closing expected in 2H 2026. Qualcomm also expanded its strategic partnership with Hugging Face to link its Snapdragon/Dragonwing/Dragonfly device and data-center products with Hugging Face's 16M-developer ecosystem, targeting agentic AI orchestration across edge and cloud.
Why it matters: M&A and ecosystem partnership at Qualcomm with sector read-through to AI compute software, but none of the tracked TW/KR tickers are direct beneficiaries or counterparties.
Open source articleOriginal: 搶攻中國 AI 資料中心！高通擬推特規版晶片，拚 Dragonfly 全產品線挺進中國市場
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said the company will bring all four Dragonfly data-center product lines (AI accelerators, DC CPUs, custom silicon, connectivity) into China, including export-control-compliant AI accelerators, and is in talks with ByteDance on custom chips. The first Dragonfly AI accelerator AI250 launches next year using Qualcomm's proprietary HBC near-memory 3D-stacked architecture instead of HBM, with commercial samples mid-2027; Qualcomm guides DC revenue from ~$300M this FY to $5B by FY2029 and a >$1T TAM by 2029.
Why it matters: Forward-looking roadmap and FY29 guidance with HBC-vs-HBM architectural pivot — sector/supply-chain signal for HBM makers and TSMC packaging chain, not an immediate stock-moving contract.
Open source articleOriginal: 韓總統李在明與三星李在鎔會面，商討第二座半導體園區大規模投資
President Lee Jae-myung dined with Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong on June 25 to discuss building a second semiconductor cluster in Korea's southern Honam region, with Samsung and SK Hynix potentially investing hundreds of trillions of won across Jeolla and Chungcheong covering wafer fab, advanced packaging and AI ecosystem buildout. The talks precede a June 29 regional balanced-development meeting; separately, Lee Jae-yong visited Samsung's HBM lines this week as HBM4 cumulative sales topped $1B shortly after volume shipments began.
Why it matters: Named, large-scale capex discussion (hundreds of trillions of won) directly involving Samsung and SK Hynix as designated policy beneficiaries of a new southern chip cluster.
Open source articleOriginal: 台出席矽盛世峰會，美國務院：台灣是 AI 革命要角
Taiwan attended the second Pax Silica summit in Washington as a non-signatory, represented by Digital Affairs Deputy Minister Hou Yi-hsiu, alongside signatories including Korea, Japan, Australia, India, Israel, Singapore, UAE and the UK. The US State Department emphasized Taiwan's advanced manufacturing — home to TSMC — as a key role in the AI revolution and secure AI supply chains, reinforcing Taiwan's de facto inclusion in the US-led AI alliance despite diplomatic constraints.
Why it matters: Diplomatic/policy signal reinforcing Taiwan's role in US-led AI supply chain alliance — supportive backdrop for TSMC and Korean memory peers but no direct capex, contract or earnings catalyst.
Open source articleOriginal: 研調：全球智慧眼鏡2026 Q1出貨年增83% AR、AI眼鏡為成長動力
Counterpoint Research reports Q1 2026 global smart glasses shipments (VR+AR+AI glasses) rose 83% YoY, with AR up 136% and display-less AI glasses up 210%, while VR fell 17%. Meta leads AI glasses at ~84% share; waveguide optics gained share to 42% (from 18%), and 2026 memory cost inflation is pressuring VR pricing more than AR/AI glasses. Android XR entrants Google, Samsung and Apple are flagged as the next competitive wave.
Why it matters: Sector market-data report on XR/smart glasses shipments naming Samsung as a coming Android XR entrant and flagging 2026 memory cost inflation as a category headwind — relevant to KR memory names but not a stock-specific catalyst.
Open source articleOriginal: 蘋果是記憶體荒推手之一？美光暗示：過去砍價太狠，讓產業不敢投資
Micron's CCO Sumit Sadana told the WSJ that aggressive price-cutting by large customers during the 2023 downturn pushed margins negative and forced the industry to halt capex, contributing to today's DRAM/NAND/HBM supply crunch as AI demand surges. The comments came as Apple raised MacBook and iPad prices citing RAM shortages, while Micron posted FY3Q revenue up 346% YoY with gross margin near 85% and shares jumped 15% after hours.
Why it matters: Names Micron earnings beat (revenue +346% YoY, GM ~85%, +15% AH) and frames a structural memory supply-tightness narrative that directly supports Korean DRAM/HBM peers' pricing power.
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