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NVIDIA and Supply Chain Partners Expand Capacity to Accelerate AI Infrastructure Buildout

$NVDAPress releaseOct 21, 2026, 6:33 AM ETRead the release

NVIDIA announced supply chain agreements with Amkor, IBIDEN, KYEC, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, SPIL and Unimicron to expand global manufacturing capacity for its AI factory platform. Key targets include a 2.5x increase in substrate capacity over three years, more than 300% growth in Amkor's advanced packaging capacity by end-2028, a doubling of testing capacity from 2026 to 2027, and a 15x increase in SPIL's optical-engine capacity by mid-2027. NVIDIA is making a $1.1 billion capacity reservation advance to KYEC for new U.S. testing facilities targeting high-volume production in April 2027, plus a multibillion-dollar advance to IBIDEN's Ono Plant in Japan.

Key figures

Testing capacity increase
double from calendar 2026 to 2027
Substrate capacity increase
2.5x over next three years
Spil optical engine increase
15x by mid-2027
Ibiden ono plant capacity target
3x current levels
Amkor packaging capacity increase
>300% by end of 2028

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