Nvidia Outlines Plans to Expand Chipmaking Capacity -- WSJ
Dow Jones2026/10/21 12:01By Mauro Orru
Nvidia said it's working with suppliers to bolster manufacturing capacity of semiconductor products that the AI race has turned into a red-hot commodity.
The chip giant announced agreements with South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics and U.S.-based semiconductor packaging and test-services provider Amkor Technology. Shares in Amkor jumped over 8% premarket.
Nvidia also said it has agreements in place with Japan's Ibiden, Taiwan's Unimicron Technology, King Yuan Electronics and Siliconware Precision to help boost capacity to make certain components, in some cases increasing it many times over.
Nvidia shares rose more than 2% in premarket trading.
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