AI Chip Concept Stocks Watch | ASMPT (00522.HK) Pared Gains Amid Volatility, New Round of Chip Price Hikes Lands in Quick Succession

NewTimeSpace (newtimespace.com) News, On August 21, 2026, the chip theme rebounded, while ASMPT (00522.HK) traded weaker amid fluctuations. As of 13:31, the company quoted HKD 158.500, down 1.43%.

On the news front, on August 21, a new round of chip price hikes landed in quick succession, covering multiple categories such as memory chips, MCUs, RF front-ends, and power semiconductors. Among them, RF chip leader MAXSCEND announced it will adjust prices across its entire RF product range starting September 1; NSING TECH followed by raising prices of some MCU products by 10% to 20%; international major STMicroelectronics will complete its third price adjustment of the year on August 23; and Analog Devices will also implement its second round of new prices starting September 13.

Open Source Securities pointed out that, according to Frost & Sullivan's forecast, China's AI chip market size will surge from RMB 142.537 billion in 2024 to RMB 1,336.792 billion by 2029. As national policies provide strong support and the technology across key segments of the domestic artificial intelligence industry chain continues to mature, domestic AI chip makers will usher in a pivotal development opportunity.

ASMPT(00522.HK)Engages in R&D and global sales of semiconductor assembly and packaging equipment, advanced packaging equipment, and surface mount technology. Its 2.5D/3D advanced packaging tools, such as thermo-compression bonding (TCB) machines, have been delivered to multiple leading OSATs, IDMs, and memory manufacturers worldwide for volume production of HBM and chiplet-based chips. The company has publicly disclosed multiple follow-on orders from AI-compute related customers.

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