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Design houses move from outsourced chip design to AI chip architecture

Design house (DSP) companies that once focused on outsourced semiconductor design are expanding in both contract pricing and funding scale as AI chip mass production becomes harder with foundry steps alone after 2-nanometre nodes. With physical limits nearing, 2.5D and 3D stacking and chiplets are becoming key, making advanced packaging and interconnect new battlegrounds. Firms are shifting toward integrated design platforms and infrastructure architecture partnerships, alongside rising high-value project shares and larger financings.

Finance

Retail investor fund backing advanced industries to launch in May, drawing mixed hopes and worries

Market expectations and concerns are colliding over a retail investor version of South Korea\'s National Growth Fund set to launch in May. The product will raise money from the public to invest in 12 strategic advanced industries and offers income deductions and preferential tax treatment on dividend income. Critics point to a five-year lock-up, liquidity burdens and questions over whether benefits will skew to wealthy investors. Concerns also include potential mis-selling and uncertain returns and dividend rules.

Finance

Woori Financial steps up productive, inclusive finance, chair vows not to miss \'golden time\'

Woori Financial Group held an April council meeting on financing for advanced strategic industries, chaired by Chairman Lim Jong-ryong (임종룡), to review first-quarter results and second-quarter tasks for its 80 trillion won Future Shared Growth Project. Participants agreed to speed up productive finance amid rising external uncertainty. The group also outlined inclusive finance measures, including loan rate caps and interest relief, and plans to complete a groupwide platform in May.