August 31, 2026 -
From idea to silicon, the company races ahead as a one-stop partner for faster custom AI chips
By Choi Hyo-jung, chosun.com
As artificial intelligence (AI) spreads, the semiconductors that corporations want are diverging, driving rapid growth in the custom semiconductor (ASIC) market. As a result, design houses that support chip design are expanding their role beyond simple outsourcing firms to become key partners that develop chips with customers.
Semifive, an ASIC platform company, started as an official design solution partner (DSP) of Samsung Electronics Foundry. Based on its experience supporting design, verification, and mass production linkage for customers seeking to use Samsung Electronics Foundry processes, the company expanded its business scope into a turnkey platform that provides the entire process from securing semiconductor intellectual property (IP) to system on chip (SoC) design, verification, and mass production support.