Apple took the PC and mobile world by storm with its latest in-house ARM-based chipset, the M1. The latter silicon replaced Intel in Apple's product lineup, so it led to a big shift in the market. Apple's new chipset powers the company's tablet, notebook, and PC line, so there are a lot of M1 chips out there. Now, the company is developing the M2 chip, and Samsung wants to be a part of the action.
The Apple M1 was partly made possible by Samsung
Samsung Electro-Mechanics played an important role in bringing Apple's M1 chipset to the market. Namely, Samsung supplied Apple with FC-BGA (full-chip ball grid array) substrates that are used for CPUs and GPUs with a high density of circuit connections.
According to industry watchers cited by BusinessKorea, Samsung Electro-Mechanics is now trying to secure its role as an FC-BGA supplier for Apple's next-gen M2 chip.
Samsung hasn't made any official announcements on the matter. However, the company reportedly invested 1.3 trillion won in December to build FC-BGA production facilities in Vietnam and an additional 300 billion won in March towards its existing FC-BGA facility in Korea.
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