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 10.6% of revenue. R&D personnel accounted for 31.0% of employees. 10.6 %
- A total of 152 AI applications were developed and accomplished as of the end of 2025. Expected benefits in the next year NT$ 420 million
- Patents granted in 2025 919 cases
Strategy and Performance of Material Topics
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 developing more advanced third- and fourth-generation 10nm-class DRAM process technologies and products.
- Development of proprietary technologies, production, and the launch of the next generation of products 16Gb DDR5
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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
As one of Nanya Technology's core values, Innovation is the driving force behind our technological growth and competitive edge. We believe that the key to ongoing innovation comes from the improvement ideas proposed during daily operations. Constantly optimizing processes, gaining experience, and building on results allows us to drive more forward-looking developments. To encourage employees to propose innovative ideas, Nanya Technology organizes annual innovation activities, including improvement proposals, patent reward, creativity competitions, essay contests, and outstanding team competitions. We recognize and reward innovative ideas proposed by each employee. Through these programs, Nanya Technology aims to embed innovation into the mindsets of our employees and further extend it to external partnerships, creating a systematic innovation force that keeps driving our Company's growth and competitive edge.
- Selected for four consecutive years, we were selected as the Top 100 Innovator by Clarivate
- Granted patents worldwide > 8,600 cases
Nanya Smart Factory
Nanya Technology's 12-inch wafer fab is equipped with the necessary infrastructure for a smart factory, including highly automated production lines, wafer fab IoT, a large-scale sensor network, and big data platform. Leveraging AI technology, Nanya Technology has expanded innovative applications across eight key categories: prognostics and health management, process control, productivity enhancement, quality inspection, yield analysis, process development, labor safety and information security, and energy management.
- Developed AI applications as of 2025 152
- Expected benefits in the next 5 years NT$ 2.1 billion
- AI engineers cultivated 550
Green Product Development
Nanya Technology works together with its customers toward the goal of protecting our green planet. We have adopted Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) and the Design for Environment principles. Nanya Technology, long committed to developing advanced, efficient, and eco-friendly products, continues to help customers develop products with low energy consumption design while leveraging its influence on the supply chain for hazardous substance management and responsible mineral sourcing management. Aligned with the Green Product Promotion Committee (GPPC) on green product management, Nanya Technology takes seven environmental impact aspects into consideration from the very beginning of new product development. These include procurement, manufacturing, transportation, product use, disposal, and recycling. Such a comprehensive approach seeks to identify improvement opportunities that will enhance environmental benefits.
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Green Product Design
In response to global climate change and the surge in electricity demand driven by AI-powered digital transformation, Nanya Technology embeds environmental sustainability at the very beginning of the product life cycle. In addition to advancing DRAM R&D, we leverage process shrinkage and next-generation architectures to provide the market with sustainable solutions that combine high performance with ultra-low power consumption. These efforts position us as a key force in promoting energy-saving transformation.
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Continue to develop advanced process technology to provide greener products that save energy
- Output per wafer increase 30 %
- Upgrade product specifications DDR5/LPDDR5
- Energy saved at customers' end > 12,485 million kWh
Nanya Technology Product Roadmap & Specification Evolution
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