INNOVATION

Innovation The Best DRAM Partner for the Smart World

Innovation, as one of the four core values of Nanya, is the foremost drive of our growth. We continuously enhance our competitiveness in R&D to satisfy a broad range of demands, striving to provide the optimal solutions for our customers.

Nanya's focus on technological development. R&D expenses accounted for 22.5% of revenue R&D personnel accounted for 29.7% of employees. 22.5 %
A total of 134 AI applications were developed and accomplished as of the end of 2024. 400 million
Patents granted in 2024 910 cases

Strategy and Performance of Material Topics

2024 Performance

R&D and Innovation

Achieved the shipping qualification standards for 8Gb DDR4 and 16Gb DDR5 based on the second generation 10nm-class DRAM process
Trained a total of 500 engineers and equipped them with AI theoretical and practical skills
Completed a total of 134 smart application developments
The number of patents granted in Taiwan during the year reached 344

Green Products

Proportion of advanced processes such as 20nm accounts for 96.5%
Completing product life cycle inventory on 100% of products
100% of products comply with hazardous substances free regulations and customer hazardous substance specifications
100% of raw materials free of PFOA-related substances

2025 Goal

R&D and Innovation

Achieving the shipping qualification standards of the third generation 10nm-class DRAM process and 16Gb DDR5 products
Training a total of 550 engineers and equipping them with AI theoretical and practical skills
Completing a total of 150 smart application developments
Number of patents granted in Taiwan >250

Green Products

Proportion of advanced processes such as 20nm accounts for 96% and above
Completing product life cycle inventory on 100% of products
100% of products comply with hazardous substances free regulations and customer hazardous substance specifications
100% of raw materials free of PFOA-related substances

Strategy

R&D and Innovation

Designing new next-generation products
Developing 10nm-class process technologies
Entering the high-density server module market
Smart factory
Increasing the number of granted patents

Green Products

Technology enhancement: Developing advanced and efficient products and helping consumers reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions during product use
Consideration of product lifecycle: Increasing the environmental friendliness of products
Hazardous substance management: Ongoing promotion of the initiatives to replace hazardous substances in product manufacturing materials

R&D and Innovation

Recognizing the growing trend of smart products that improve the quality of life and contribute to energy conservation and carbon emissions reduction, Nanya Technology invests substantial resources annually in developing new DRAM products, next-generation manufacturing processes, and advanced 3D stacked packaging technologies. We provide value-added services to customers, strengthen intellectual property rights and trade secret protection, and accelerate our advancement in product diversification and smart factories. Looking ahead, Nanya Technology will continue to focus on developing more advanced third- and fourth-generation 10nm-class DRAM manufacturing process technologies and products. At the same time, Nanya Technology is also working with our strategic partner, PieceMakers Technology Inc., to develop customized ultra-high-bandwidth DRAM products to expand business opportunities in the emerging AI chip market.

Development of proprietary technologies, production, and the launch of the next generation of products 16Gb DDR5
Embracing the AI Smart World Develop customized
ultra-high-bandwidth DRAM
Developing cutting-edge technology TSV and 3D stacked packaging technologies

Incentives for Innovation and Results of innovative activities

"Innovation" is one of the driving forces behind Nanya's technological growth and competitiveness enhancement and one of our core values. To encourage employees to propose innovative ideas, the Company holds annual innovation competitions, offers patent rewards and rewards for improvement proposals, and organizes essay competitions and the best team competitions. We recognize and reward innovative ideas proposed by each employee, hoping that all employees will internalize the spirit of innovation.

Selected Top 100 Innovator by Clarivate for three consecutive years Top 100 Global Innovator 2025
Granted patents as of 2024 > 7,700 cases

Nanya Smart Factory

Nanya's 12-inch wafer fab is equipped with complete infrastructure for smart factory, including automated production lines, IIoT, and big data analytics. We further enhance yield, quality and output with AI applications, including predictive maintenance, production planning optimisation, quality inspection, yield analysis.

Developed AI applications as of 2024 134
Expected benefits in the next 5 years NT$ 2 billion
AI engineers cultivated 500

Green Product Development

We develop products with Life Cycle Thinking and the Design for Environment approach. We help our customers to build energy-efficient solutions, required the supply chain for hazardous substances and conflict minerals management. Supervised by Nanya's Green Product Promotion Committee (GPPC), our product development takes into account the environmental impacts from procurement, manufacturing, transportation, product use, disposal, and recycling.

Green Product Design

As a critical part of the semiconductor industry chain, the DRAM industry's R&D and innovation in memory products directly impacts the performance and efficiency of computing devices. Nanya Technology has been long committed to the R&D, design, manufacturing, and sales of DRAM products. To fulfill technological development and market needs, Nanya Technology focuses on three main R&D sectors: manufacturing process shrinkage, product specification enhancement, and 3D stacked technology development, from which we aim to create green products.
Nanya Technology's Manufacturing Process Shrinkage