Next-generation chips represent the next frontier of semiconductor technology, incorporating advancements in design, materials, manufacturing process, performance, and packaging. Next-generation chips are paramount to the digital transformation heralded by growth in AI tools. Next-generation chips can be found in the latest premium consumer electronics, data center servers, 5G network equipment, satellite broadband and earth observation, commercial and military radar, and other defense systems.
Key Highlights
- From 2026 to 2028, fabs will face considerable engineering challenges as they try to break the 2-nanometer (nm) barrier. ASML will continue its global dominance in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, but China is rallying its local industry to develop a homegrown alternative. Realistically, 2029 or 2030 would be the earliest that China could challenge ASML globally.
- Due to the high growth in AI chip demand, the demand and performance requirements for high bandwidth memory (HBM) will continue to grow. SK Hynix and Micron Technology appear to be accelerating ahead of Samsung Electronics, which is reportedly experiencing low HBM yields.
- AI ASICs’ share of the AI chips market will increase from 10% in 2024 to over 25% by 2028. The $10 billion contract that OpenAI awarded Broadcom in September 2025 will only inspire other Big Tech companies to continue to develop and procure AI application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) that fit their specific AI requirements.
Scope
- This report analyzes recent advances in semiconductor technology. In particular, it looks at the latest innovations in photolithography, integrated circuit packaging, and transistor design.
- The report also includes details of developments in power semiconductors, photonic chips, and ready frequency chips for 6G.
Reasons to Buy
- Multi-million dollar industries, including aerospace and defense, transport, telecoms, manufacturing, and healthcare, are demanding next-generation chips. They are also increasingly necessary for AI technologies. This report tells you all you need to know about the latest technological innovations in the semiconductor industry.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction to Next-Generation Chips
- Advances in Photolithography
- Advances in Integrated Circuit Packaging
- Advances in Transistor Design
- Power Semiconductors
- Photonic Chips
- Radio Frequency Chips for 6G
- The Path to Quantum Computing
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Report Authors
- Thematic Research Methodology
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- AccoPower
- Advantest
- Alibaba
- AMD
- Analog Devices
- Ansys
- Applied Materials
- Arm
- ASML
- ASMPT
- Atom Computing
- Atos
- AWS
- Ayar Labs
- Baidu
- Besi
- Broadcom
- Cadence
- Cambricon
- Capella Space
- Cerebras
- Changchun Institute of Optics, Finae Mechanics & Physics (CIOMP)
- ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT)
- Cisco
- Coherent
- D-Wave
- Dupont
- Ebara
- Epiworld International
- Fuji Electric
- Geely
- Global Foundries
- GTA Semiconductor
- GUC
- Hanmi
- Hanwha
- Harbin Institute of Technology
- Hitachi Hi-Tech
- HiWafer
- HPE
- Huawei
- IBM
- ID Qunatique
- Infineon
- Infleqtion
- Innoscience
- Institute of Microelectronics Chinese Academy of Science (IMECAS)
- Intel
- IntelliEPI
- IonQ
- IQE
- JoinSilicon
- KLA
- Knowm
- Kokusai Electric
- Lam Research
- LightSynQ
- Lumentim
- MagicQ
- Marvell
- MediaTek
- Meta
- Microchip
- Micron Technology
- Microsoft
- Mitsubishi Chemical Group
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Monolithic Power Systems (MPS)
- Nokia
- NTT
- Numenta
- Nvidia
- NXP
- O-BASF
- Onsemi
- OpenAI
- OpenLight
- Pasqal
- PsiQuantum
- Qorvo
- Quantinuum
- Quantum Brilliance
- Qubitekk
- QuEra
- Quintessence Labs
- Qunatum Motion
- QunatumCTek
- Renesas
- Rigetti Computing
- ROHM
- Samsung
- Sanan
- Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE)
- Shin Etsu
- SICC
- Siemens
- Silicon Quantum Computing
- SK Hynix
- SK Siltron
- Skyworks
- SMIC
- Socionext
- Soitec
- Solvay
- SST
- ST Microelectronics
- Sumitomo Electric
- SUMC
- SUSS
- Synlight Crystal
- Synposys
- SynSense
- TankeBlue
- Teradyne
- Texas Instruments
- Tianyu
- Tokyo Electron
- Toshiba
- TSMC
- Tysic
- University of Science and Technology
- VPEC
- Wolfspeed
- Xanadu
- X-FAB
- Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC)
- Zeiss
- ZTE
- Zuken
