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With the booming development of technologies such as AI, cloud, big data analysis, and mobile computing, modern society has increasingly higher demands for computing power. After 3 nanometers, wafer size has reached physical limits and manufacturing costs have increased. For reasons such as this, in addition to continuing to develop advanced manufacturing processes, the semiconductor industry is also looking for other ways to maintain a small size of chips while maintaining high performance. The concept of "heterogeneous integration" has thus emerged in contemporary science, and chips have also evolved from The original single layer turned to multi-layer stacked advanced packaging.

As the United States and related countries have tightened controls on China's semiconductor chip exports, relevant Chinese companies have increased investment in response to the trend in an attempt to produce semiconductor chips and other products on their own, which has also led to the active development of related semiconductor industries. As a result, China's imports of semiconductor production equipment will increase significantly in 2023, reaching the second-highest level since 2015.

Affected by the increase in target price by foreign investors, the major wafer foundry, Power Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., once rose to the limit price of NT$31.05 per share in early trading in Taiwan, setting a new share price high in the past six months.

Graphene, which was thought to never be capable of semiconductor work, has made a breakthrough. An international team led by scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology has successfully created the world's first functional semiconductor made of graphene.

SEMI International Semiconductor Industry Association released the latest quarterly World Fab Forecast (WFF). After global semiconductor production capacity grew by 5.5% in 2023 to 29.6 million wafers per month (wpm), it is expected that In 2024, the growth rate will increase by 6.4%, exceeding the 30 million tablet mark.

The 2023 Science and Technology Advisory Meeting of the Executive Yuan ended on the 15th, focusing on the two major topics of "Semiconductors × AI" and "Net Zero Technology". Chief Science and Technology Advisor Liao Junzhi said that the conclusion of "Semiconductors × AI" hopes to "grasp the trend of generative AI and establish a foundation." "Taiwan's semiconductor advantages lead the world in innovative applications of semiconductor and AI technology" vision.