CT Group organizes a series of key events leading up to its 33rd Anniversary (June 29, 1992 – June 29, 2025) and to conclude the first 3-year plan of its second 30-year journey. Numerous other important plans and events are scheduled for the latter half of the year.
One of the pivotal events was the Launch Ceremony of the IoT chip, fully designed by the Group’s Vietnamese engineers using CMOS and III/V semiconductor design technologies, which took place on June 29, 2025, in Ho Chi Minh City.
CT Group is establishing chip design houses that focus on the research and design of AI, IoT, and specialized chips for applications in various fields such as UAVs, Defense, 5G/6G, AI, sensors, and IoT. The Group is also developing IP (Intellectual Property) cores and functional modules for SoC (System-on-a-Chip) design to achieve autonomy in chip design, with IP core design technology capable of creating cores like ADC/DAC with FSK/LoRa/OFDM modulation, NPUs, DSPs, etc. These IP cores can be customized and scaled according to specific technologies and applications.
Furthermore, CT Group aims to own semiconductor photolithography technology. Currently operating on a fabless model (designing domestically, outsourcing photolithography to international partners), the Group is building a cooperative photolithography network with the world’s leading partners. CT Group is developing a team of engineers, alongside domestic and international experts, capable of owning this technology. A proposed path forward involves government investment in photolithography machinery, with the enterprise handling operations and technology development. If favorable conditions are provided, from now until 2030, the Group aims to achieve full vertical integration—from design, photolithography, and assembly to packaging and testing—for chips on the strategic technology product list and those in the security and defense sectors, thereby ensuring chip security for Vietnam. In terms of Assembly, Testing, and Packaging (ATP), CT Semiconductor, a member of CT Group specializing in ATP, is developing three ATP plants (two in the South and one in the North), two R&D centers (in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi), and two customer care centers in Silicon Valley and Phoenix.
Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc – Member of CPV Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Committee, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee (right), and Mr. Tran Kim Chung – Chairman of CT Group, at the Launch Ceremony of the Vietnamese-designed IoT chip
Regarding Market Advantages: There is an existing market for its products in sectors such as UAVs, IoT, the near-space economy, the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of Public Security. The Group is also implementing a smart city ecosystem—including sensor devices, AI cameras, energy control modules, and smart monitoring systems—which are all products with high demand for AI and IoT chips. CT UAV, a leading entity in the UAV sector, also provides a direct market for testing and applying specialized chips for unmanned aerial vehicles and AI chips. As a multi-disciplinary conglomerate with a diverse ecosystem and a global partner network, CT Group is well-positioned.
On Human Resource Advantages: The Group boasts a team of engineers with many years of experience in semiconductor chip design. It also collaborates with major universities like the University of Technology (VNUHCM) and Can Tho University for talent training and development. The Group has also engaged with numerous domestic, overseas Vietnamese (Viet Kieu), and international experts in the chip design field, who serve as high-level technical advisors.
Infrastructure Advantage: The initiative is supported by CT Group’s ecosystem, which includes research centers, production facilities, and training institutes. Its ATP plants are ready for chip packaging and testing.
Other Advantages (if any): A key strategic advantage is the commitment to a fundamental and long-term investment in the semiconductor industry, with a development roadmap for chips in strategic areas like telecommunications, AI, IoT, UAVs, and 5G/6G. This aligns perfectly with the government’s strategic direction for semiconductor technology development.
Currently, CT Group possesses the capability to design complex chips using state-of-the-art 2nm CMOS technology. When asked about ADC/DAC on ChatGPT, the response highlighted their critical role in all smart electronic devices. ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter) helps convert analog signals from sensors (measuring temperature, sound, light, etc.) into digital data that can be processed by computers or chips. Conversely, DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) transforms digital data back into analog signals to control speakers, motors, or other external devices. Without ADC and DAC, modern processors like microprocessors and AI chips would be virtually unable to interact with the real world.
These converters are widely used in critical industries such as healthcare (ultrasound machines, heart rate monitors), defense (radar, weapon control systems), smart agriculture (environmental sensors, automated irrigation), smart automobiles (cameras, LiDAR sensors), and compact AI devices like smart microphones and speakers.
In addition, CT Group proposes designating April 30, 2025, as Vietnam Semiconductor Day to affirm the strength of national unity in this new stage of the country’s development.
Source: Yahoo Finance
