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AI Ignites Chip Arms Race for Advanced Capacity

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2026-04-28

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AI demand reshapes chip supply; advanced nodes and packaging turn scarce, with early lockdowns now defining leadership.

Key Highlights

  • 3nm Squeeze: TSMC dominates as Samsung, Intel lag.
  • CoWoS Spill: Orders flow to SPIL, Amkor, Intel EMIB.
  • Design Shift: Larger chips drive CoWoP, CoPoS, and 3D packaging.
  • Capacity: TSMC scales 3nm beyond 5/4nm; readies 2nm fabs.
  • New Reality: AI race is now a supply chain arms race.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. CoWoS Faces Chronic Shortages, EMIB Emerges, and SoIC Prepares for Takeoff
    • Annual Global Production Capacity for 2.5D Packaging, 2023-2027
  3. Short Supply of Advanced Nodes Aggravates amidst Surging Demand for 3nm and Centralization among Foundries
    • Distribution of TSMC's 3nm Clients (1Q25-4Q26)
    • Expansion Plans on 3nm and 2nm among the Three Major Foundries of Advanced Nodes (2023-2030)

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Annual Global Production Capacity for 2.5D Packaging, 2023-2027





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