AI energy bottleneck is driving semiconductor materials innovation, says Applied Materials

DIGITIMESAugust 24, 2026en

Rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing is driving a new wave of technological transformation in the semiconductor industry, while energy is emerging as the next bottleneck for the AI sector. Applied Materials group vice president and Taiwan president Eric Yu pointed out that semiconductor technology competition in the AI era can no longer focus solely on performance and transistor counts. How to support more computing with less energy will become the core of the next stage of semiconductor innovation.

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