Report

From FinFET to Gate-All-Around: Who holds the keys to the next generation of semiconductor technology?

 

A global race is underway as the semiconductor industry progresses towards sub-1nm processes. This technical milestone will be enabled by a big innovation in transistor design, namely Gate-All-Around (GAA) devices.

Leveraging IPRally's AI Classifier, Global Prior Art, a leader in the IP consultancy space, have released a a comprehensive report exploring the patent and technology race driving the future of semiconductor design. This global competition carries significant implications for economic competitiveness and national defense.

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The key players include semiconductor foundries, such as TSMC and GlobalFoundries, sophisticated semiconductor manufacturers in Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, and the U.S. as well as newer players in China who have identified GAA as a critical technology. In parallel, hundreds of billions will be spent by government initiatives worldwide to gain an edge in advanced IC manufacturing.

To navigate this complex and rapidly evolving landscape, Global Prior Art employed a hybrid methodology, blending human expertise with IPRally’s AI Classifier, trained using curated patent data.

This hybrid approach provides unprecedented visibility into the large, complex semiconductor patent landscape comprising 14,000 patents, yielding novel and sometimes unexpected findings for industry stakeholders, including:

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bruce-rubinger
Brendan Sever
Benedikt Biechele
Bruce Rubinger
Managing Director,
Global Prior Art
Brendan Sever
Assistant Managing Director,
Global Prior Art
Benedikt Biechele
Group Leader, Semiconductors and Electronics, Global Prior Art