China and Japan have questioned India’s import license requirements, highlighting renewed concerns from WTO members against India’s unilateral trade measures.

China’s Huawei claims to have successfully achieved domestic substitution of using its self-developed 7nm and 5nm chips in its smartphones and has boosted market standings of HiSilicon and SMIC.

Taiwan’s significant wafer foundries, such as TSMC and UMC, and compound semiconductor firms such as Win Semiconductors, play a pivotal role in the industry. The Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) in Belgium has long been entrusted by Taiwan’s Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) to produce academic and educational chips. TSMC’s 7nm process will soon be available for academic and research use.

The scheduled attendance of CEOs from major processor vendors, as well as other top executives from worldwide semiconductor companies, at the upcoming Computex will underscore Taiwan’s role as a vital player in the AI revolution.