On Thursday after TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo advised Himax technology (HIMX, Financial) might provide critical technology to Nvidia (NVDA, Financial) and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM, Financial), its stock was up over 20%.
Kuo underlined as key elements for their possible inclusion in the supply chains for Nvidia's next AI processor, the Rubin series, and Taiwan Semiconductor's Co-Packaged Optics (CPO), Himax's Wafer-Level Optics (WLO)
technology and relationship with Fiber Optic Communications (FOCI).
With WLO driving long-term expansion for Himax, CPO is positioned to become a critical chip design for AI servers and high-performance computing systems, Kuo said. Future AI server and high-performance computing architectures are projected to give transfer efficiency top priority through co-packaged optics, the analyst also observed, so fully utilizing advances in chip processing capability.
On Thursday, Himax shows double-digit spike in morning trade and a notable increase among mounting hope about the company's possible influence in changing semiconductor technologies.
