ASICLAND Wins Trade Ministry Award at K Connect AI 2026
The award in the SEDEX category recognises the TSMC VCA partner, which also showcased its AxHub design platform at SEDEX 2026 in Seoul.
ASICLAND received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award in the SEDEX category at the K Connect AI 2026 awards ceremony, held on 21 October at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, according to inews24.com.
K Connect AI is a high-tech industry business platform launched this year by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, linking five major Korean industry exhibitions, including SEDEX and KES, around AI.
ASICLAND is the only Korean VCA (Value Chain Alliance) partner of TSMC. Through that role, it has supported Korean fabless companies in using the foundry's advanced processes.
At SEDEX 2026, held 14-16 October at COEX in Seoul, the company presented AxHub, its in-house AI semiconductor design and verification platform, along with chips it participated in designing.
It also presented capabilities for TSMC's 2nm N2 Nanosheet process, the advanced packaging technologies CoWoS and SoIC, and the silicon photonics optical engine technology COUPE.
Eight straight years at SEDEX
From 2019 through this year, ASICLAND has taken part in SEDEX for eight consecutive years, presenting semiconductor design technologies and development results.
Quick answers
What award did ASICLAND receive?
It received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award in the SEDEX category at the K Connect AI 2026 awards ceremony on 21 October 2026.
What did ASICLAND present at SEDEX 2026?
Its AxHub AI semiconductor design and verification platform, chips it helped design, and capabilities for TSMC's 2nm N2 process, CoWoS, SoIC and COUPE.