Company Directory Sector

Chip Design

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19 companies

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MediaTek 聯發科 Designing high-volume, power-efficient systems-on-chip that put local AI capability into smartphones, PCs, cars, and connected devices while pursuing custom AI infrastructure silicon. Taiwan Chip Design Edge AI & Devices, Silicon & Foundry TWSE: 2454 NT$595.966 billion #15
Alibaba 阿里巴巴 A leading Chinese technology and e-commerce conglomerate that provides the Qwen model family, cloud infrastructure, and managed AI services to domestic enterprises and consumers. China Internet Platforms & Cloud Cloud & AI Platforms, Model Developers, Silicon & Foundry NYSE: BABA (ADR) US$148B #22
SoftBank Group ソフトバンクグループ An investment holding company that controls Arm and Ampere Computing while directing massive capital into OpenAI and the Stargate AI data-center initiative. Japan Investment & Holding Groups Silicon & Foundry, Cloud & AI Platforms, Power & Infrastructure TSE: 9984 (Prime Market) Japanese yen 7.798 trillion #24
Alchip A Taiwan-based ASIC design-service company that designs and manages production of custom AI and high-performance-computing processors for cloud providers and system builders. Taiwan Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, Cloud & AI Platforms TWSE: 3661 US$1B #32
Cambricon 寒武纪 A Beijing-based fabless semiconductor company that designs AI processors, accelerator cards, and servers to provide Chinese data centers with an alternative compute platform for training and inference workloads. China Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, AI Server Hardware SSE: 688256 (STAR Market, A shares) Chinese yuan 6.497 billion #39
GUC 創意電子 A Taiwan-listed ASIC design and turnkey semiconductor-services company that provides custom-chip design, physical implementation, and IP for AI accelerators. Taiwan Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, AI Server Hardware TWSE: 3443 NT$34.141 billion #40
Horizon Robotics 地平线 Supplies automotive edge-AI computing hardware and software that enable passenger-vehicle makers to deploy assisted and automated driving systems. China Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, Edge AI & Devices, Model Developers HKEX: 9660 (Class B ordinary shares) RMB 3.758 billion #42
Realtek 瑞昱 A Taiwanese fabless integrated-circuit designer supplying edge-AI, networking, and connectivity silicon that enables AI PCs, smart devices, and edge servers to communicate and process local data. Taiwan Chip Design Edge AI & Devices, AI Server Hardware TWSE: 2379 NT$122.71 billion #52
Renesas ルネサス A Japanese embedded-semiconductor company supplying the microcontrollers, vision processors, and power devices that enable AI inference at the physical edge. Japan Chip Design Edge AI & Devices, Power & Infrastructure TSE: 6723 (Prime Market; Nikkei 225 constituent) 1,321.2 billion yen #55
Moore Threads 摩尔线程 A Beijing-based fabless GPU designer supplying AI accelerators, servers, and computing clusters built around its proprietary MUSA software ecosystem for domestic Chinese deployments. China Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, AI Server Hardware SSE: 688795 (STAR Market, A shares) Chinese yuan 1.506 billion #57
Rebellions 리벨리온 A South Korean fabless semiconductor company that designs neural-processing units and server systems for data-center AI inference. South Korea Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, AI Server Hardware Private company ₩35 billion #81
Novatek 聯詠科技 Taiwan's largest independent display-driver IC designer, supplying the display and vision interface silicon used in AI PCs, smartphones, and automotive cockpits. Taiwan Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, Edge AI & Devices TWSE: 3034 NT$100.663 billion #88
Himax 奇景光電 A fabless semiconductor designer specializing in display drivers and timing controllers, providing critical interface and low-power sensing components for automotive displays, smart glasses, and edge AI devices. Taiwan Chip Design Edge AI & Devices, AI Server Hardware NASDAQ: HIMX (ADS) US$0.8B #96
Loongson 龙芯中科 / 龙芯 A Beijing-based fabless processor designer developing LoongArch CPUs for Chinese domestic systems, providing general-purpose compute that indirectly supports edge and server AI workloads. China Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, AI Server Hardware, Edge AI & Devices SSE: 688047 (STAR Market, A shares) Chinese yuan 635.321 million #111
FuriosaAI 퓨리오사AI A South Korean fabless semiconductor startup designing data-center inference accelerators for large language models and multimodal AI workloads. South Korea Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, AI Server Hardware Private company —
HiSilicon 海思 Huawei's wholly owned semiconductor-design subsidiary, creating the Ascend AI processors and Kirin mobile SoCs that anchor China's domestic AI-computing stack. China Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, AI Server Hardware, Edge AI & Devices Unlisted subsidiary —
Preferred Networks PFN Preferred Networks is a privately held Japanese AI company that develops its own AI accelerators, computing infrastructure, Japanese-language foundation models, and industrial applications. Japan AI Software & Models Silicon & Foundry, Model Developers, Cloud & AI Platforms Private company —
UNISOC 紫光展锐 A Chinese fabless semiconductor designer supplying system-on-chips for mobile and connected devices, bringing 5G and on-device AI to mass-market smartphones. China Chip Design Edge AI & Devices, Silicon & Foundry Private company More than 14.5 billion yuan —
Zhaoxin 兆芯 A Shanghai-based fabless semiconductor company designing x86-compatible general-purpose processors for Chinese domestic PCs, servers, and embedded systems. China Chip Design Silicon & Foundry, Edge AI & Devices Private company RMB889.2 million —

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