In the current AI development trend, Nvidia is already dominating the leading position in the AI chip market and actively expanding its influence to data centers and related areas. CEO Jensen Huang is attempting to build Nvidia into a one-stop service platform with all the key data center elements. It will no longer just be a high-end chip hardware supplier, but an “AI factory.”

In June 2024, Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP unveiled plans to collaborate on establishing VSMC in Singapore, where they will build a 12-inch wafer fabrication plant. On August 4, 2024, they officially confirmed that they have secured the required approvals and will move forward with the investment, which amounts to approximately US$7.8 billion.

India-based IC design house BigEndian Semiconductors raised US$3 million and aims to partner with Taiwan-based UMC to launch security chips amid the emergence of a local semiconductor ecosystem.