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Samsung shares an ambitious plan to defeat TSMC and China

There has been a clear realization within Samsung Electronics that things can't remain as they are because the semiconductor division is getting absolutely chewed up. Given that it generates the bulk of its revenues and profits, the company most certainly needs the division to regain its competitive advantage. With this mind, Samsung recently made major […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 mins ago

Samsung may have made a drastic change to its product roadmap

Samsung Foundry's product roadmap had laid out plans to start building 1.4nm semiconductor chips by 2027. However, it appears that a drastic change may have been made to the roadmap due to the ongoing issues with the 3nm process. Much has been written about Samsung's troubles with the 3nm process. The yield issue is said […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 days ago

Samsung’s new chip research facility could bring it back on track

Samsung held the tool-in ceremony for its new chip research and development facility in Giheung, South Korea. This is the same place where Samsung first began making semiconductor memory chips 50 years ago and made the world's first 64MB DRAM in 1992. It plans to bring back the glory it recently lost in the memory […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 weeks ago

Samsung might do something unthinkable with future Exynos chips

Part of the problem with Exynos chips is their fabrication quality. Samsung Foundry, which has historically made Exynos chips, isn't as good at fabricating chips as TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). So, Samsung might do something unthinkable and get its Exynos chips made by its rival TSMC. Future Exynos chips could be made by TSMC […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 weeks ago

Latest US orders on China bring more pain for Samsung Foundry

The United States has a mission to prevent China from accessing advanced semiconductors. It doesn't hurt that some of the world's top semiconductor firms are based in countries that are longstanding allies of the US – Taiwan and South Korea. That provides the administration with lot of levers to put pressure on its arch rival. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 weeks ago

Samsung US job openings reveal a burning desire to take on TSMC

Samsung's Foundry division lost over a billion dollars last quarter and has shut 50% of its production capacity, but the conglomerate still has a burning desire to compete against TSMC in the lucrative contract chipmaking industry. To that end, it's keeping up with significant investments in the foundry arm, particularly for the new chip plants […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 weeks ago

Here’s how shockingly bad Samsung’s 3nm yields currently are

Much has been written about Samsung Foundry's struggle to raise its 3nm yields to the point where it would start getting orders from major customers which have failed to materialize so far. The poor yields are likely what forced Samsung MX to go Snapdragon 8 Elite-only for the Galaxy S25 series, because the foundry can't […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 weeks ago

Is a foundry spin-off the answer to Samsung’s $200 billion dollar problem?

Samsung Foundry was established to challenge TSMC's dominance in the contract chipmaking space but the division has remained unable to take any significant chunk of the market. The reported yield issues on the 3nm process aren't helping as major clients, including Qualcomm whose chips Samsung uses in its phones, have all opted for TSMC's tried […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Low 3nm chip yield might spell trouble for Samsung’s Exynos 2500

Whether or not Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S25 series will use the Exynos 2500 chip in any capacity remains unclear, but some evidence suggests that the flagship lineup will follow a two-pronged chip strategy at least in some regions. By recent accounts, the Exynos 2500 SoC is still in development, but the biggest problem for Samsung […]

By Mihai Matei
1 month ago

Samsung Foundry bleeding cash, shuts 50% of production capacity

Samsung Foundry is the conglomerate's contract chipmaking arm. It has poured billions of dollars in this division hoping that there would be significant demand from major chip designers, but that demand hasn't materialized. All of this excess and un-utilized capacity has become a drain on the company's resources, forcing it to consider serious options to […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Samsung’s profit jumps 72.8% in Q3 2024 despite chip struggles

Earlier today, Samsung announced its earnings for the third quarter of 2024. While the company's profits beat market expectations, its struggles in the memory chip market remain. The South Korean firm reported a consolidated revenue of KRW 79.1 trillion ($57.34 billion) and an operating profit of KRW 10.1 trillion ($7.3 billion). Samsung's net profit in […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

Intel could tie up with Samsung to fight against TSMC

Samsung has been trying for years to compete with TSMC in contract chip manufacturing. However, it hasn't succeeded. In fact, it continuously lost its clients, including Nvidia and Qualcomm, to TSMC. Intel Foundry, which entered the contract chip manufacturing space with huge ambitions, also failed. Now, both companies are thinking of forming an alliance to […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

Samsung loses out on Snapdragon 8 Elite fabrication to TSMC

Samsung Foundry has been finding it difficult to compete with TSMC. Some of the world's leading chip designers are opting for the latter to get their chips fabricated. This means that Samsung loses out on billions of dollars in business, despite having invested significant sums in its foundry to provide manufacturing capacity for advanced chips. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 months ago

Nvidia could get some of its gaming chips made by Samsung

Over the past couple of years, Samsung has lost two big-name chip clients—Nvidia and Qualcomm—to TSMC due to power consumption issues. However, Nvidia could come back to Samsung Foundry in the future, as it doesn't want to rely too much on TSMC for its future chips. This is great news for Samsung. Nvidia's future GPUs […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung makes 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM chips for next-gen GPUs

Samsung has announced it has developed the world's first 24GB GDDR7 DRAM memory chip for GPUs. This high-capacity memory chip, featuring the fastest performance in the industry, will be used in flagship GPUs next year, advancing performance and efficiency. It was also the first brand in the world to complete the development of GDDR7 chips. […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

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