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As global semiconductor supply chains are rebuilt, Southeast Asia is evolving from a back-end test-and-pack region into a resilient, multi-center advanced packaging and equipment ecosystem, according to industry participants. Migration drivers include pushes for local production and service, faster ramps for AI chip capacity, and customer demands for supply chain resilience amid de-Americanization

Optical industry leaders Largan and Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) have recently discussed progress in co-packaged optics (CPO), a key non-smartphone growth driver, and their strategies differ sharply. As customer demand and orders become clearer and more firmly secured, both companies have also turned markedly more confident, having taken a more cautious stance in prior quarters.

Hanmi Semiconductor plans to invest KRW50 billion (US$32.81 million) in SpaceX, highlighting how space, satellites, and artificial intelligence infrastructure are increasingly linked. For global readers, the deal signals how semiconductor suppliers are positioning themselves around next-generation supply chains, customer demand, and the expansion of AI-driven industrial ecosystems.

All this demand for AI chips is just too much for one company.