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Historic deal with ASML to help Samsung gain advantage in 2nm chips

A few weeks ago, Samsung Electronics boss Lee Jae-yong embarked on a business trip to the Netherlands to make important business deals with semiconductor chip equipment maker ASML. He joined the South Korean president on a 4-day official trip after the Dutch King Willem-Alexander invited them to the Netherlands to discuss several chip deals. Samsung […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
12 months ago

Samsung signs $755 million deal with ASML to build chip research plant in Korea

Samsung has signed a deal with the Netherlands-based chip firm ASML to build a semiconductor chip research plant in South Korea. The deal is worth $755 million, and it was signed on the first day of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's official visit to the Netherlands. The South Korean President was invited by Dutch […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
12 months ago

South Korean President visits the Netherlands to strengthen semiconductor relationship

South Korea is seeking to strengthen its semiconductor relationship with the Netherlands, and South Korean President Yook Suk Yeol reportedly departed for a state visit earlier today. The last time a visit of this magnitude happened was 62 years ago. In 1961, the leaders of South Korea and the Netherlands established the foundation of a […]

By Mihai Matei
12 months ago

Samsung expanding chip production capacity by importing equipment from ASML

Samsung, the second-biggest contract chip fabrication firm in the world, has set its sights firmly on TSMC. The company wants to become the world's biggest semiconductor chip company by 2030. To that end, the company is said to be buying more advanced chip fabrication equipment from ASML. Samsung wants to own over 100 EUV chip […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Samsung might have a problem as Canon unveils 5nm chip tech

Samsung Foundry and TSMC are the only firms in the world that can make advanced semiconductor chips using 7nm or better fabrication technologies. Both these firms buy ultra-expensive chip manufacturing equipment from ASML, a Netherlands-based firm that makes EUV lithography systems. However, a new player has now emerged in the chip fabrication equipment space: Canon. […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Samsung made $2.2 billion from selling a portion of ASML shares

Samsung has reportedly sold a portion of its shares in Dutch semiconductor equipment company ASML, with industry watchers estimating that the Korean company has secured roughly 3 trillion won ($2.24 billion) through this transaction. According to local media citing a Samsung half-year report, the Korean tech giant's stock in ASML decreased from 6.2 million shares […]

By Mihai Matei
1 year ago

A brilliant investment earned Samsung a staggering 17x return

Dutch-based ASML is one of the world's leading suppliers for advanced chip manufacturing equipment. It may not seem that way now, but there was a time when ASML had to ask its customers for funds to continue business operations. Samsung has long purchased chip manufacturing equipment from ASML and it decided to help out the […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 years ago

Samsung strikes a deal with ASML to buy next-gen chip machines

More details about the deal between Samsung and ASML are now available. Notably, Samsung and ASML have sealed the deal to produce High-NA (high numerical aperture) EUV Lithography equipment that is scheduled to come out next year. The next-gen High-NA EUV Lithography equipment can engrave finer circuits compared to the older EUV Lithography equipment. Not […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

Samsung to get additional EUV lithography chip making equipment from ASML

After having met Dutch PM, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Yong has reportedly secured EUV lithography equipment from ASML (via BusinessKorea). ASML is the world's only producer of such equipment. This deal was finalized after Lee met with ASML's top executives, including CEO Peter Wennink and CTO Martin Van Den Brink, at the company's HQ in Veldhoven, […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

Samsung reportedly purchases new equipment to produce smaller and more efficient mobile chips

Samsung has reportedly purchased new equipment from ASML – the chip-equipment supplier based in The Netherlands – in a deal said to be worth 200 billion won ($178 million). Local news reports claim that senior vice president and chief of Samsung’s semiconductor research and development center Chung Seung-eun visited ASML's headquarters to ink the deal. ASML is […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

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