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Chroma is a Taiwanese test equipment manufacturer that focuses on measurement solutions required for semiconductor and advanced packaging processes. As the AI industry booms, driving demand for high-end semiconductors, Chroma has strengthened its cooperation with front-line customers to develop high-precision, high-power testing products.
Chroma plans to continue investing in test products related to the semiconductor, HPC and 5G communication industries, and develop in the direction of high precision and high power. (File photo)
[Reporter Fang Weijie/Taipei Report] Chroma (2360), a major testing equipment manufacturer, is accelerating the development of measurement solutions required for high-end semiconductors and advanced packaging processes, and strengthening cooperation with front-line customers. With the market optimistic about the future operating prospects, Chroma’s stock price rose with volume today. As of 10:20 a.m., it was temporarily trading at 2,210 yuan, an increase of 6.25%, with a trading volume of 1,745 contracts.
Chroma pointed out that the scale of investment in advanced semiconductor process equipment is getting larger and larger, attracting many equipment manufacturers to invest, but the barriers to entry are quite high. Therefore, equipment development in the semiconductor field has always been an important product development plan of the company. With the booming development of the AI industry, which continues to drive demand for high-end semiconductors and advanced packaging, actively developing related equipment has become an important development goal of the equipment industry in recent years.
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In the long term, Chroma plans to continue investing in test products related to the semiconductor, HPC and 5G communication industries, developing in the direction of high precision and high power, while also investing in modular instruments, system integration and various automated customized products. As labor costs rise and the population ages, Chroma will also invest in smart network system-related testing equipment, industrial intelligent equipment and medical automation testing equipment, and actively deploy related product lines through upstream and downstream integration and merger and acquisition strategies.
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