Nvidia Supplier Ibiden Weighs Faster Expansion for AI Demand

  • AI customers want more supplies of chip package substrates
  • Longtime Intel partner’s growth now hinges on other chipmakers
IC package substratesSource: Ibiden Co.
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Ibiden Co., the dominant supplier of chip package substrates used in Nvidia Corp.’s cutting-edge semiconductors, may need to dial up the pace of production capacity increases to keep up with demand, according to its chief executive officer.

Sales of the 112-year-old company’s AI-use substrates are robust with customers buying up all that Ibiden has, CEO Koji Kawashima said, adding that that demand is likely to last at least through next year.