"Severe InP Shortage Triggers Largest Price Hike Ever" - $AXTI.
Suppliers have bluntly stated that "even if you have the money, you still may not be able to get the material" (lol).
- Industry sources revealed that InP substrate prices began rising in Q4 last year and was the fourth consecutive substrate price hike.
- The latest Q4 hike is expected to be >10%,
- Meanwhile, prices for epitaxial wafers made from those substrates have already been raised two times, and the market is moving toward a 3rd consecutive increase in Q4. (I also wrote a thesis on $IQE, which benefits here too).
Article states VPEC, Landmark, IET benefits (Taiwan centric reporting).
I did predict this last year... The bottleneck is real, but I do have higher expectations for price hikes that comes next.
Glad it's starting to play out.