NVIDIA (NVDA-US) senior vice president Gilad Shainer recently announced that Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) technology will enter mass production, energizing Taiwan-based optical communication stocks on Wednesday (3rd), with multiple companies including LUXNET (3081-TW), Win Semiconductors (6442-TW), United Monolithic Semiconductors (3450-TW), Powertech Technology (3163-TW), and HC SemiTek (4979-TW) surging to their daily price limits.

According to international media reports, Gilad Shainer not only confirmed CPO's transition to mass production but also highlighted that the largest future market opportunity in optical communications lies in vertical scaling (Scale-up), which will require 10 times the bandwidth performance of horizontal scaling (Scale-out). NVIDIA has been investing and building its supply chain ahead of any technology's mass production, covering optical engines, packaging, fiber arrays, and customized laser light sources. The company expects to see a significant number of CPO-equipped switches emerge as early as this year (2026), with continued adoption across AI factories worldwide.

On the trading floor today, multiple optical communication stocks opened sharply higher and quickly hit their daily price limits. LUXNET, Win Semiconductors, United Monolithic Semiconductors, Powertech Technology, HC SemiTek, Opto-Link (3234-TW), and Sampo (3363-TW) all surged. Others, including Frontek (4908-TW), TST (6426-TW), and JDSU-KY (4977-TW), saw share prices jump nearly 7-8%.

Analysts noted that silicon photonics-related stocks have recently rebounded after deep corrections. NVIDIA’s confirmation of CPO mass production has reignited investor confidence. Although external expectations suggest CPO volume shipments may not ramp up until 2028, companies already positioning themselves within the supply chain are poised to become major beneficiaries of the next wave of AI infrastructure investment.

Market research forecasts also indicate that the CPO market will surpass $39 billion by 2030. Growth momentum is expected to accelerate between 2028 and 2029 as Scale-up architectures begin integrating optical interconnects, driving sustained market expansion.

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  • Source: PR Times
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