[Morgan Stanley Lowers CPO Forecast, 2026 Shipments Only 23,000 Units]
According to TrendForce Research, Morgan Stanley's report indicates that the market's expectations for CPO growth are overly optimistic, projecting shipments of only 23,000 units in 2026, far below the market's expectation of over 200,000 units. The core bottleneck lies in TSMC's PIC production capacity ramp-up and yield challenges. This expectation gap impacts companies like NVIDIA, Broadcom, and TSMC.
Morgan Stanley has lowered its forecast for TSMC's CoWoS production capacity and estimates that optical companies such as Lumentum and Coherent will contribute less than 1% to CPO in 2026-2027. Tianfu Communication, SMIC, and Innolight are absent from key segments of the CPO supply chain. Morgan Stanley advises investors to remain cautious until Q2 2027.