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TSMC Chairman and CEO C.C. Wei struck a resoundingly bullish tone on AI demand during the company’s Q1 2026 earnings call on April 16, making clear that the AI wave is continuing to accelerate and TSMC is running as hard as it can to keep up.

當AI硬體的新聞焦點集中在GPU晶片和伺服器組裝廠時，供應鏈更深層正悄然上演一場危機。電路板與材料製造商正面臨多年來最嚴峻的供應條件，而這些限制正波及整個AI硬體生態系統。展望2026年第二季，呈現的是需求激增、投資創紀錄，以及需要數年才能化解的持續短缺。

臻鼎科技（Zhen Ding Technology）已連續八年蟬聯全球營收最大的印刷電路板（PCB）製造商。這家2006年從鴻海（Foxconn）分拆獨立的公司，如今正從行動電子領域轉向AI基礎建設的核心，規劃於2026至2027年間投入逾新台幣1,000億元（約31.6億美元）資本支出，並有十座新廠同步興建中。

For most of its history, Auras Technology was known for cooling laptops. Founded in 1998, the company grew into the world’s largest designer of notebook cooling modules, supplying Dell, Quanta, Compal, and Samsung. Today, that business is a sideshow. AI servers drive over 75% of revenue, liquid cooling has overtaken air cooling in the mix, and Auras is posting growth rates that would be the envy of any company in Taiwan’s tech sector.

While AI hardware headlines focus on GPU chips and server assemblers, deeper in the stack a quieter crisis is unfolding. Circuit board and materials manufacturers are facing their tightest supply conditions in years, and the constraints are rippling through the entire AI hardware ecosystem. For Q2 2026, the picture is one of surging demand, record investment, and persistent shortages that will take years to resolve.

Every AI chip needs a way to dissipate the intense heat it generates. That is where Asia Vital Components (AVC) comes in. The Kaohsiung-based thermal specialist has become one of the most important companies in the global AI supply chain, and its Q1 2026 results show just how fast this business is growing.

隨著 AI 伺服器效能呈指數級提升，為其供電與散熱所需的基礎設施，已成為科技業最關鍵的瓶頸之一。在台灣，解決這些難題的廠商正繳出整個硬體供應鏈中數一數二的成長率，而進入 2026 年第二季的成長動能仍絲毫沒有放緩跡象。

Wistron Corporation was once best known as one of the world’s largest notebook assemblers. Today, it is one of the biggest stories in the AI hardware industry. In the first quarter of 2026, the Taiwan ODM posted the highest revenue growth rate among the island’s five major server makers, cementing a transformation that has reshaped the company from top to bottom. Wistron reported first-quarter 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$846.3 billion (US$26.5 billion), up an extraordinary 144.3% year-over-year. March alone set a new monthly record at NT$333.0 billion (US$10.4 billion), up 117.7% from a year earlier. February was equally striking, with revenue of NT$284.9 billion (US$8.9 billion), a 177.4% year-over-year jump.

隨著 AI 伺服器效能呈指數級提升，為其供電與散熱所需的基礎設施，已成為科技業最關鍵的瓶頸之一。在台灣，解決這些難題的廠商正繳出整個硬體供應鏈中數一數二的成長率，而進入 2026 年第二季的成長動能仍絲毫沒有放緩跡象。

數十年來，銅線一直是全球資料中心內部傳輸資料的主要媒介。如今，這個時代即將落幕。隨著人工智慧將運算基礎設施推向前所未有的規模，銅線的物理極限——尤其是其頻寬天花板、發熱與耗電量——正迫使整個產業做出根本性的轉變：從電子走向光子，從電訊號走向光訊號。

Most attention in the AI hardware race goes to chipmakers and server assemblers. But there is a quieter layer of the supply chain growing just as fast: the companies that keep all that hardware from overheating. Microloops, a Taiwan thermal management specialist founded in 2002, is one of the clearest examples of how the AI boom is lifting companies most people have never heard of.

As AI servers grow exponentially more powerful, the infrastructure needed to feed them electricity and keep them from overheating has become one of the technology industry’s most critical bottlenecks. In Taiwan, the companies solving these problems are posting some of the fastest growth rates in the entire hardware supply chain, and the momentum heading into Q2 2026 shows no signs of slowing.

Wiwynn Corporation, the Taiwan-based cloud infrastructure specialist majority-owned by Wistron, delivered a blockbuster first quarter in 2026 as voracious demand for AI servers continues to reshape the global technology supply chain. Once a niche player serving hyperscale cloud providers, Wiwynn has emerged as one of the most closely watched companies in the AI hardware race.

Chenbro Micom may not be a household name, but inside every major data center, its products are everywhere. The Taiwan company is one of the world’s leading makers of server chassis, the metal enclosures that house the processors, memory, and cooling systems powering the cloud. As AI infrastructure spending surges, Chenbro is posting record numbers and rapidly transforming from a chassis specialist into a full-service provider of rack-level mechanical solutions.

Inventec Corporation, one of Taiwan’s leading electronics manufacturers, posted record quarterly revenue in the first three months of 2026, powered by surging demand for AI servers. The results underscore the company’s successful pivot toward high-value AI infrastructure, even as its traditional notebook business holds steady.

Powertech Technology (6239.TW) has spent nearly three decades as the world’s largest memory packaging and testing company. Now, as advanced packaging becomes the tightest bottleneck in the AI supply chain, Powertech is positioning itself as the credible alternative to TSMC’s CoWoS platform. With a proprietary glass-substrate technology that rivals TSMC at significantly lower cost, Powertech has gone from quiet memory specialist to one of the most strategically important companies in the AI chip ecosystem.

Quanta Computer (2382.TW) built its reputation as the world’s largest notebook contract manufacturer. That identity is changing fast. AI server revenue has grown so quickly that notebooks now account for less than 20% of total sales. Through its cloud subsidiary QCT (Quanta Cloud Technology), Quanta has become one of the two largest AI server builders in the world alongside Foxconn, assembling rack systems for the hyperscale data centers powering the global AI buildout.

Taiwan’s AI server makers just delivered a first quarter that would have seemed impossible two years ago. The five leading ODMs generated more than NT$2 trillion (roughly US$63 billion) in revenue, driven by Nvidia’s GB300 rack platform and a surging wave of custom ASIC servers from the major US hyperscalers. The question heading into Q2 is no longer whether demand is real. It is whether Taiwan can ramp up production fast enough to meet it.

台達電子數十年前以製造電視機電源供應器起家。如今，它是一家市值超過千億美元的企業，也是全球AI資料中心電源與散熱系統最重要的單一供應商。隨著人工智慧驅動一個世代以來最大規模的基礎建設浪潮，台達電正處於風暴的核心。

Delta Electronics started out decades ago making power supplies for televisions. Today it is a US$100 billion company and the single most important supplier of power and cooling systems for the world’s AI data centers. As artificial intelligence drives the biggest infrastructure buildout in a generation, Delta sits at the center of it all.

Taiwan’s monthly exports surpassed US$80 billion for the first time in March 2026, underscoring the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on the island’s trade profile and its deepening centrality to the global computing supply chain.

Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales reached a record US$135.1 billion in 2025, up 15% from US$117.1 billion in 2024, according to the Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) report published by SEMI on April 13, 2026. The growth was driven by sustained expansion in advanced logic and memory capacity, underpinned by accelerating AI-related demand.

ASE Technology Holding (2311.TW) is the world’s largest outsourced semiconductor assembly and test company, commanding more than 30% of the global market. For four decades the Kaohsiung-based firm has performed the essential final steps of chipmaking: turning raw silicon wafers into functional, tested chips ready for deployment. As advanced packaging becomes the tightest bottleneck in the AI supply chain, ASE has moved from behind-the-scenes enabler to one of the most strategically important companies in global technology.

For decades, making chips faster meant shrinking transistors. That approach is hitting physical and economic limits. The semiconductor industry has found a powerful alternative: instead of building one giant chip, engineers now place several smaller chips side by side or stack them vertically inside a single package, connecting them with ultra-fast internal wiring. This is advanced packaging, and it has become the most critical bottleneck in the global AI supply chain.

For years, Taiwan’s outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) firms have operated quietly behind TSMC’s headlines. That era is over. As the AI buildout accelerates, advanced packaging has become the tightest chokepoint in the entire semiconductor supply chain, and Taiwan’s packaging and test companies have moved from back-office enablers to strategic kingmakers. The Q2 2026 outlook is defined by three realities: demand is outrunning capacity, the technology roadmap is moving faster than ever, and every major player is investing at record levels to keep up.