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Japanese IC substrate giant Ibiden announced an upward revision of its fiscal year 2025 financial forecast, running April 2025 to March 2026, with revenue, operating profit, and net profit all expected to exceed previous estimates. The revision is mainly driven by orders for high-value-added products related to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), far surpassing expectations.

China’s push for semiconductor self-sufficiency has extended to networking infrastructure, with Taiwanese IC design firms Realtek Semiconductor and RichWave Technology noting that Beijing’s localization of network infrastructure chips is accelerating rapidly.