KLAC ▲ +3.5% - KLA Corporation Taiwanese semiconductor testing firm King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is expanding into Texas with support from $NVDA Nvidia, which committed a $1.1B capacity-reservation prepayment for U.S. chip-testing services. Mass production is targeted for April 2027. - Taiwan Central News Agency (CNA) * Texas Investment: KYEC subsidiary AeternZ acquired land and buildings for $79.35M (NT$2.53B), covering 1.18M square feet of land and 489,494 square feet of facilities. * Equipment Orders: AeternZ disclosed approximately $534M (NT$17.03B) in machinery and facility purchases from Hon. Precision, EO Technics, $KLAC KLA and TRANTEK. * Nvidia Agreement: Nvidia's $1.1B prepayment supports construction and equipment purchases in exchange for reserved testing capacity and services. * TSMC Expansion: $TSM TSMC is separately evaluating Texas for potential manufacturing expansion beyond Arizona, including discussions with $TSLA Tesla and SpaceX's proposed Terafab project. No Texas factory commitment has been announced. 29-OCT-2026 07:39 PM ET