Pure-Play Foundry companies
14 companies in the Pure-Play Foundry part of the semiconductor & AI value chain.
Companies
- TSMC — World's dominant foundry, manufacturing nearly all leading-edge chips.
- Win Semiconductors — World's largest GaAs RF foundry.
- SMIC — China's largest foundry, pushing advanced nodes despite export controls.
- United Microelectronics (UMC) — Taiwan's second foundry, strong in mature and specialty nodes.
- GlobalFoundries — Largest US-based pure-play foundry, focused on specialty nodes.
- Hua Hong Semiconductor — China's second foundry, specialty and power-focused.
- Tower Semiconductor — Specialty analog foundry: RF-SOI, SiGe, sensors, power.
- Nexchip Semiconductor — Chinese specialty foundry for display drivers and image sensors.
- Powerchip (PSMC) — Taiwanese foundry spanning memory and logic specialty processes.
- Rapidus — Government-backed Japanese foundry targeting 2nm production in 2027.
- Vanguard International (VIS) — TSMC-affiliated specialty foundry for display drivers and power.
- DB HiTek — Korean 200mm analog and power specialty foundry.
- SkyWater Technology — US specialty foundry with DARPA-trusted domestic manufacturing.
- X-FAB — European analog/mixed-signal and SiC specialty foundry.