Rising gallium costs force price increases across GaAs chip supply chain

Digitimes
Apr 7, 2026, 10:25 pm181 ptsTrendingTop
Prices for gallium arsenide (GaA) substrates — a key material used in power amplifiers for wireless communications — are rising, driven by surging costs for gallium, a critical upstream metal. After months of sustained increases in raw material prices, industry executives say a reversal appears unlikely.

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