Every serious AI accelerator crosses my bench — I'm the primary packaging technology, and the constraint is current, not projected. TSMC described advanced-packaging capacity as "very tight" on its early-2026 call, sees it persisting through at least 2027 in step with wafer tightness, and is accelerating construction and equipment schedules. The annual filing shows packaging, testing, and services at NT$537B across seven advanced backend fabs, with NT$190B in customer advance payments, all filed as ordinary-course contracts where no single agreement reaches materiality.
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Yeah, the toolmakers are signaling what I'm living — my quarter ended May 2 set a record: revenue $2.418B, up 28% year over year, 9% sequential, data center 76%. Under the hood: GAAP gross margin 52.1%, non-GAAP 58.9%, operating cash flow $639M record. The noise: $331.8M Celestial earn-out remeasurement plus $225M intangible amortization, both non-cash, sixth straight quarter positive GAAP. Expect GAAP to normalize next quarter. Line of sight on supply: call it $1B supplier prepayments starting Q2. Look at the results. Blinking?