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Taiwan / China / US · Chips & Networking

AI PCBs & Laminates (CCL)

AI accelerator boards and switch trays need high-layer, low-loss PCBs and copper-clad laminate. Few makers qualify, and layer counts rise every generation.

Glass fabric + copper foil→Laminate (CCL)→PCB→Board
70
Tightness score ⓘ
#23 of 56
▲ Tightening
Supply concentration3
Lead time3
Capex intensity3
Geopolitical exposure4
Pricing power4
Lead time
6–12 mo
Theme 1M
−13.1%
% in uptrend
0%
Metric to watch

Monthly sales at Gold Circuit, Elite Material and TUC, and low-loss laminate pricing.

What would prove us wrong

Weakens if PCB makers add high-layer capacity faster than AI board volumes grow.

PCBs theme performance

Equal-weight · rebased 100 · 1Y
Stocks we track

Who controls this bottleneck

Roles, not recommendations. Delayed prices; local currency.

StockRoleListingLast1D1M3MYTDOff 52w highTrendNext earnings
2368.TW
Gold Circuit Electronics
High-layer PCBs for AI servers and switches TWSE
Taiwan
NT$1,020.0 −8.52% −8.9% +39.9% +49.5% −31.3% 2026-11-09
2383.TW
Elite Material
Low-loss copper-clad laminate for AI boards TWSE
Taiwan
NT$4,675.0 −6.69% −5.0% +14.6% +185.5% −26.0% 2026-10-28
6274.TWO
Taiwan Union Technology
High-speed copper-clad laminate TPEx
Taiwan
NT$1,265.0 −8.99% −14.8% +24.0% +158.1% −33.4% —
TTMI
TTM Technologies
Advanced PCBs for data centers and defence NASDAQ
US
$82.94 −5.35% −34.4% −31.6% +20.2% −62.5% 2026-10-22
4958.TW
Zhen Ding Technology
PCBs and substrates TWSE
Taiwan
NT$486.0 −6.54% −2.5% +20.1% +244.6% −24.8% 2026-11-09

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