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Samsung Foundry to manufacture IBM’s two new AI chips

On Monday, IBM announced two new chips, the IBM Telum II Processor and the IBM Spyre Accelerator. As the name suggests, the former is a CPU and it comes as a successor to the IBM Telum that the company launched in 2021. The latter is a chip that can provide additional AI computing capability to […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
24 mins ago

Samsung to make 5nm AI chips for award-winning South Korean firm

Samsung Foundry, the world's second-biggest contract semiconductor chip manufacturer, will reportedly make AI chips for South Korean firm DeepX. The DX-M1 is DeepX's first-generation AI chip, which is being mass-produced in collaboration with Samsung Foundry's design house, Goanchips. DeepX's AI chips to be made using Samsung Foundry's 5nm process South Korean AI chip firm DeepX […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Samsung’s profit rises 14.5x amid AI chip boom

After announcing its revenue estimates earlier this month, Samsung has announced its financial results for the second quarter of this year. The South Korean firm reported a 23.42% rise in revenue and a meteoric rise of 1,458% in operating profit in Q2 2024 compared to last year. These better-than-expected numbers are due to the rise […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 weeks ago

Qualcomm’s new 5G chip for $100 phones is made by Samsung

Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2, a new chip that aims to bring 5G connectivity to smartphones priced under $100. It has been more than five years since 5G first started to appear on smartphones, but it is now finally ready for mass adoption. Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 to bring 5G to $100 […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 weeks ago

Samsung claims its 3nm chips have stable performance and yield

Over the past few years, Samsung has struggled to surpass TSMC in the semiconductor chip manufacturing business. While it hoped to one-up its Taiwanese rival with 3nm chips, some reports claimed its yield is far too low. However, the South Korean firm claims there are no issues in its 3nm process. Samsung claims its 3nm […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung to make 2nm AI chips for Japanese firm Preferred Networks

Samsung has announced it will make 2nm semiconductor chips for Japanese AI firm Preferred Networks and offer advanced packaging for them. This announcement is in line with an earlier report that claimed the same. Samsung Foundry to make 2nm AI chips for preferred networks Samsung Foundry has finally received the first client for its 2nm […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung’s profit surged 15x in Q2 2024, thanks to the AI boom

Samsung has had a rough couple of years, but the company has emerged with full force to ride the AI boom. The company revealed that it expects its Q2 2024 operating profit to surge 15x, thanks to strong sales of semiconductor chips. These figures are better than market estimates. Samsung's Q2 2024 profit could be […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Future Exynos chips could run even cooler, thanks to Samsung’s new tech

Samsung's Exynos chips have been criticized for their constant overheating, performance throttling, and inefficient modem issues. However, the company made a massive improvement with this year's Exynos 2400 processor. There is still room for improvement, though, and future Exynos chips could be even better. Flagship Exynos chip for 2026 could be even cooler The South […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung’s first 3nm chip, Exynos W1000, goes official with powerful specs

Samsung has finally unveiled its first 3nm chip, the Exynos W1000. This powerful chip, made using Samsung's most advanced fabrication process, will likely be used in the Galaxy Watch 7 and the Galaxy Watch Ultra. Let us check out what is special about this new wearable chip. Exynos W1000 uses a 3nm process and features […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Pixel phones will no longer use processors made by Samsung

Since the launch of the first Pixel phone with a Tensor chip, Google has always got its chip fabricated by Samsung Foundry. However, that will change next year, as Google wants to switch to TSMC for more reliable quality and yield. Information about the Pixel 10 processor has now been revealed. Pixel 10 processor, 3nm […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung strongly refutes rumors of defects in its 3nm chips

Samsung is the world's biggest semiconductor chip firm but ranks second in the contract chipmaking segment. A few days ago, a report claimed that Samsung Foundry is having trouble producing 3nm chips. However, Samsung has refuted those rumors, claiming that all those rumors are groundless. Samsung denies it is having trouble in manufacturing 3nm chips […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung Semiconductor led Q1 2024 but Foundry was nowhere near TSMC

Although Samsung is far from leading the foundry market, the company's semiconductor business in Q1 2024 was in the best place imaginable. Market watchers say that Samsung was the top semiconductor player globally in Q1 2024, beating Nvidia, Intel, and others. First, the good news. According to Counterpoint Research, Samsung captured 1st place in the […]

By Mihai Matei
2 months ago

Samsung’s chip factory in Texas may not be ready until 2026

Samsung Electronics' semiconductor chip factory in Taylor, Texas, USA, reportedly won't be operational until 2026. The company had announced its plans to invest $17 billion to set up this chip factory, but it had to invest more as construction costs and other overheads have increased compared to the company's original plans. Samsung's chip factory in […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung Foundry collaborates with Synposys to optimize 2nm chips

Synopsys has announced that its design flow tools and intellectual property (IP) are ready for Samsung Foundry's 2nm fabrication process. Samsung recently announced that it will be ready for the mass production of 2nm semiconductor chips next year and that this process will be further improved in 2027. Synopsys' design tools are certified for Samsung […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung will be ready to make 2nm mobile chips in 2025

Samsung Foundry unveiled its updated semiconductor chip process roadmap today. During the ongoing SFF 2024 expo in the US, the South Korean semiconductor chip giant unveiled its process roadmap for 2nm and 3nm chips and plans for specialized nodes for AI and automotive chips. Samsung Foundry plans to make 2nm chips in 2025 and 1.4nm […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

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