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Asia Semiconductor Companies are the Backbone of AI Supply Chain

By: Edward Chan

The semiconductor supply chain in Asia forms the backbone of global AI chip production, underpinning the success of companies like Nvidia, AMD, and other ASIC developers. At the heart of this supply chain are advanced logic fabrication and high-bandwidth memory, both of which are supported by Asia semiconductor companies such as TSMC, SK Hynix and Samsung.

AI accelerators, such as Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs, demand cutting-edge process nodes and advanced packaging technologies to deliver the performance and energy efficiency required for training and deploying large-scale models. TSMC, as the world’s largest foundry, manufactures these chips using its advanced nodes, while also providing CoWoS (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) packaging to integrate multiple dies and memory stacks. Without this capability, the performance gains driving generative AI adoption would not be possible.

Equally critical is the memory component. AI workloads are bandwidth-intensive, and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) has become a key differentiator in performance. Suppliers in Asia play a key role this segment, providing HBM3 and moving toward HBM4 to meet the escalating requirements of next-generation AI chips.

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TSMC – The company is the leading semiconductor foundry globally. It has a significant technology gap with the 2nd best semiconductor manufacturer, with over 90% market share in leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing. (Mirae 2025) TSMC is well-positioned to benefit from the AI capex cycle and structural growth in semiconductor content, underpinning its 5-year 20% revenue CAGR guidance. (TSMC 2025)

SK Hynix – SK Hynix has the largest market share in the global HBM market, it has been the key supplier of HBM3 and HBM3e for Nvidia. The company shipped HBM4 samples to customers in 1Q25 and started mass production in 2H 2025. (Hynix 2025)

Sony – Sony raised its FY3/26 full-year operating profit guidance for continuing operations on a pre-tariffs basis from ¥1.38trn to ¥1.4trn, and on a post-tariffs basis from ¥1.28trn to ¥1.33trn. PlayStation monthly active users (MAU) in June was 123mn accounts (+6% YoY), marking an 11th straight quarter of YoY growth. (Sony 2025)

Naura Technology – Naura is China’s leading semiconductor equipment maker. Naura is expanding its portfolio of wafer fabrication equipment and positioning itself as a key enabler of China’s semiconductor self-sufficiency strategy. The company is well positioned to benefit from the localisation trend of semiconductor equipment in China. (Naura 2025)

SMIC – SMIC posted Q2 2025 revenue of $2.21B, up 16% YoY or down 1.7% QoQ, with gross margin at 20.4%. Management continues to see high utilisation across its production line, while wafer ASP is expected to improve sequentially in 3Q25. SMIC plans to maintain its capital expenditure at roughly $7 billion in 2025, similar to 2024 levels ($7.3 billion). (SMIC 2025)

 

Authored by:

Edward Chan

22 Aug 2025

Date : 22 Aug 2025

Category : Research & Insights

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