KYEC Invests $1.4B in First U.S. Chip Testing Plant to Serve Nvidia, Broadcom and Other Clients

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Chip testing firm KYEC, the primary partner for Nvidia, is investing $1.4B in its first manufacturing plant in the United States, raising 2026 capital spending to $3 billion from NT$50B previously, a record high for the company.

The facility will address a bottleneck in the semiconductor backend process and supply services to clients including Broadcom, Marvell, Intel, Google and Amazon.

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@dnystedt

Nvidia’s main chip testing partner, KYEC, plans to invest US$1.4 billion in its first plant in the United States to serve clients there, media report, raising 2026 capex to NT$94.9B (US$3.0B) from NT$50B previously, a record high for KYEC.

@thecircuitry_

KYEC just greenlit its biggest overseas spend yet in the US. The $1.4B plant targets a backend gap few others are filling. Everything we know:

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