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As the global AI boom drives up demand for semiconductor packaging and testing, Taiwan's OSAT players are accelerating overseas capacity expansion beyond their home market and China. ASE, SPIL, KYEC, Greatek, and Tong Hsing are all pushing ahead in 2026 to strengthen supply-chain resilience amid geopolitical risk.

After the semiconductor index nearly doubled in the first half of 2026 before a sharp pullback, the central question is whether the industry's AI-driven growth cycle has already peaked. This analysis examines the sustainability of the AI semiconductor boom, the outlook for memory and ASICs, and the geopolitical risks reshaping global supply chains.

Global helium supply is under renewed strain. Nippon Sanso, Japan's largest industrial gas supplier, announced it will raise prices across its helium product line by an average of more than 30% starting July 2026, citing persistent tightness in global supply driven in part by rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East.