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台積電產能爭奪戰:亞洲AI晶片新創公司的生存挑戰
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台積電產能爭奪戰:亞洲AI晶片新創公司的生存挑戰

AI熱潮催生數千家無廠半導體新創,爭搶台積電有限產能成為關鍵門檻

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亞洲AI晶片新創公司激增,因台積電市占率高達73%,新創公司面臨爭搶有限產能的嚴峻挑戰。FuriosaAI等少數企業成功取得產能,但高昂的流片成本與驗證門檻仍是多數新創難以跨越的障礙。

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Why It Matters

AI熱潮導致全球對高效能晶片需求激增,無廠半導體公司需依賴代工廠製造。

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人工智慧(AI)熱潮在亞洲催生了數千家AI晶片新創公司。《Tech in Asia》報導,如同輝達一樣,這些都是無廠半導體(fabless)公司,亦即僅從事晶片設計,然後將晶片交由代工廠製造,而它們面臨的第一道激戰就是搶台積電的產能。

上述數千家新創公司個個都希望在AI領域打造出下一代突破性晶片,但全球僅有幾家代工大廠,Counterpoint Research數據顯示,今年第1、2季,台積電在晶圓代工的市占率皆達73%,排名第2的三星電子約7%。

對於試圖立足於前沿領域的新創公司而言,與晶圓代工廠建立關係的重要性不亞於其晶片本身,這些公司正致力證明他們有資格進入這些代工廠的客戶名單中。創投公司祥峰投資(Vertex Ventures)執行董事馮展業(Chan Yip Pang)說,對於著眼更先進製程代工廠的企業而言,台積電仍是該領域龍頭,而取得台積電的產能配置並非易事。

成立於2017年的韓企FuriosaAI是少數幾家取得台積電產能的亞洲新創公司。該公司產品與事業部門高級副總裁Alex Liu坦承,公司須同時取得台積電產能、高頻寬記憶體、封裝合作夥伴與客戶驗證,整個過程「非常複雜」。

迄今,該公司已集資2.46億美元,並向三星、LG等客戶與合作夥伴交付產品。FuriosaAI的旗艦AI推理晶片RNGD今年1月進入量產,採用台積電5奈米製程,首批生產的4000顆晶片由華碩組裝。

FuriosaAI計畫今年再生產1.6萬顆晶片,使今年出貨總量達2萬顆。單顆RNGD晶片價格估計為1萬美元。

總部設在班加羅爾的Agrani Labs是印度與東南亞少數試圖像Furiosa一樣,打造尖端AI晶片的新創公司。執行長納加拉傑(Dheemanth Nagaraj)正洽談集資逾1億美元的事宜。

投資人透露,該公司執行長與其團隊是班加羅爾最頂尖的晶片設計專家之一。估計班加羅爾有約15萬工程師為英特爾、超微等美國半導體公司工作。

然而,即使有1億美元與強大的晶片設計,仍不足以讓該公司爭取到台積電的合作。創投公司Speciale Invest合夥人拉奧(Arjun Rao)說,「在最先進的製程上,即使是少量流片與通過驗證的最初產量,成本都非常高昂,鑑於全球大舉擴展AI算能,對於新創公司而言,取得產能是面臨的一大障礙」。

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • FuriosaAI將於今年完成2萬顆晶片出貨目標

    Likely · Within months

Open Questions

  • 未來是否有更多代工廠能滿足AI晶片的高階製程需求?
  • 新創公司如何降低流片成本以提高存活率?

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