Protection component prices stabilize: Thinking Electronic pins 2026 growth on AI

Record-high precious metal prices upstream are tightening cost pressure across the passive components industry, but the impact on protection components has so far been contained. Thinking Electronic Industrial said silver prices have surged since 2025, yet supply-demand dynamics have limited immediate price pass-through, allowing product prices to stabilize after a prolonged period of decline.

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Memory supercycle exposes T-Glass constraint, tightening BT substrate supply

As the global memory industry enters a supercycle driven by structural supply shortages, BT substrates for memory chips are also tightening. Taiwan-based IC substrate makers Kinsus and Nanya PCB have secured rush orders, with customers willing to sign long-term supply agreements amid material constraints. This has sharply improved order visibility from the second half of 2025 and emerged as a key driver of Taiwanese PCB output growth in the third quarter.

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