ASE's May Revenue Hits Record High, Boosted by AI Advanced Packaging

(CNA, Taipei, by reporter Chung Jung-feng, June 9) Major semiconductor packaging and testing firm ASE Technology Holding announced this afternoon its unaudited consolidated revenue for May reached NT$63.033 billion, a 1.3% increase month-over-month and a 28.6% increase year-over-year, setting a new record for the same period. The company's cumulative unaudited revenue for the first five months of the year was NT$298.942 billion, a 19.87% year-over-year increase, also a record high for the period.

Of this, ASE's unaudited revenue from packaging, testing, and materials in May was NT$42.162 billion, up 4.1% month-over-month and 37.9% year-over-year.

ASE Technology Holding is optimistic about its advanced packaging (LEAP) business. The company previously stated that the growth of the LEAP business this year is better than expected and could increase by another 10% from the original estimate to US$3.5 billion. Within the LEAP business, 75% of the revenue comes from packaging and 25% from testing.

ASE stated that its turnkey projects for advanced packaging are proceeding continuously. Corporate analysts expect the company's revenue from turnkey advanced packaging solutions to reach US$300 million this year.

ASE's subsidiary, ASE Semiconductor, announced at the end of May that it has developed a 310mm x 310mm automated production line for Panel-Level Packaging, which is expected to enter mass production in the first half of 2027 to meet the advanced packaging demands for Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerators and High-Performance Computing (HPC) components. (Editor: Yang Lan-hsuan) 1150609