$Onto Innovation (ONTO.US)$ Onto Innovation (ONTO) is actually one of my favorite "second-wave AI infrastructure" stocks.
Most investors know:
NVIDIA = AI compute
Arista Networks = AI networking
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company = AI manufacturing
Very few understand:
Onto Innovation = AI inspection, metrology, packaging, and yield management.
Why ONTO Is Interesting
AI chips are becoming incredibly complex.
A modern AI package contains:
GPU die
HBM stacks
Interposers
Advanced packaging
Thousands of connections
If a tiny defect occurs, the entire package may fail.
ONTO's equipment is used to:
Inspect defects
Measure structures
Improve yields
Monitor advanced packaging processes
Support HBM production and inspection
The HBM Connection
The biggest AI bottleneck today is:
HBM (High Bandwidth Memory).
HBM is critical for:
NVIDIA Blackwell
AMD MI-series
Future AI accelerators
ONTO recently secured a major Dragonfly inspection system agreement tied to a leading HBM customer and management has highlighted strong AI-driven advanced packaging demand.
This is why many investors are suddenly paying attention.
What Makes ONTO Different From ASML
ASML
Lithography monopoly
Very mature
Huge company
ONTO
Smaller
Faster growth
Advanced packaging focus
HBM inspection focus
Potentially more explosive if AI packaging spending accelerates
I see ONTO as closer to:
KLA
Nova
Camtek
than to ASML.
The Bull Case
Management has projected more than 30% revenue growth in 2026 and expects to outperform the broader semiconductor equipment market, driven by AI-related advanced packaging and inspection demand.
The long-term thesis is:
More AI chips.
More HBM.
More advanced packaging.
More inspection steps.
More ONTO tools.
The Risk
Unlike NVIDIA or TSMC:
Smaller customer base.
Revenue can be lumpy.
Semiconductor equipment cycles can be volatile.
Growth depends heavily on AI packaging spending remaining strong.
If I Rank Your AI Infrastructure Watchlist
Tier 1 (Highest conviction)
NVIDIA
Arista Networks
Broadcom
Oracle Corporation
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Tier 2 (Higher upside, more cyclical)
Onto Innovation
Ciena
Rambus
Marvell Technology
For 2030 upside, I would not be shocked if ONTO ultimately outperformed some larger semiconductor equipment names because AI is pushing the industry toward increasingly complex HBM and advanced packaging, exactly where ONTO's inspection and metrology tools are concentrated.
If you're looking for the next potential AI "dark horse" after ANET and ORCL, ONTO is one of the names I would keep very close to the top of the watchlist.
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