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Lisa Su: Supply chain tightness acknowledged but AMD confident in meeting growth targets; working closely with wafer and back-end capacity partners to meaningfully increase capacity
Lisa Su· AMD· AI· 2026-05-06· about AMD (AMD)
“There is tightness in the supply chain, there's certainly tightness in sort of data center build-outs... In response to this demand, we are working closely with our supply chain partners to meaningfully increase our wafer and back-end capacities to support this growth.”
Why it matters
AMD explicitly acknowledging supply chain tightness while committing to capex investments in wafer and back-end capacity indicates the bottleneck is real but manageable. This suggests AMD is securing capacity allocation from TSMC and outsourced assembly partners.
Investment implication
TSMC will face sustained demand for advanced node capacity (2nm for Venice). Advanced packaging and chiplet assembly partners (SPMI, AAPL partners) will see utilization increases. Companies in back-end (test, assembly, packaging) should expect margin expansion due to tight capacity.